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Nuclear weapons are not outlawed. The US has thousands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclea
by robotresearcher 9y ago
Nuclear weapons are not outlawed. The US has thousands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_...
- bhouston 9y agoThey are at least controlled and not practically used at the moment. And most people see them as lines not to be crossed.
- robotresearcher 9y agoThis is the relevant voluntary treaty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferatio... The treaty admits the US, Russia, UK, France and China to maintain nuclear weapons. Israel, India and Pakistan never agreed, and North Korea acceded. Some of those countries can deliver a nuke to anywhere on the planet in an hour. edit: added Israel to the list of non-signatories.