Article: Nuclear weapons and Canada.
Ploughshares Monitor;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...The question of what to do about nuclear weapons is increasingly on the international agenda...the Cold War did not end the threat posed by nuclear weapons. The number of nuclear weapons worldwide has been cut in half during the...

Article: Roundtables call for action (excerpt from Report of Discussions with Community Leaders across Canada on topic of nuclear weapons).
Ploughshares Monitor;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......series of Roundtables on the subject of nuclear weapons for community leaders and interested...Canada formally review its policies on nuclear weapons. This recommendation was accepted...stronger Canadian Government policies for nuclear weapons abolition and deeper public support...

Article: Sleepwalking in a nuclear minefield: the United States still worships at the altar of nuclear weapons--yet cries 'heresy' when others want to join the sect.(United States is still advocating nuclear weapon)
Sojourners Magazine;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......truth is gradually being recognized: Nuclear weapons and human security cannot co-exist...the Cold War, there are still 25,000 nuclear weapons in existence, about 95 percent held...half of humanity still lives in a nuclear-weapons state. The total amount of money spent...

Article: Non‐Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons, Treaty on The
The Oxford Companion to American Military History;      680 words ...Non‐Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons, Treaty on The (1968).This...the five countries that had nuclear weapons by 1967—China, France...North Korea, from acquiring nuclear weapons. The treaty has created three...

Article: Eliminating nuclear weapons.
Ploughshares Monitor;  September 1, 1996 ;     209 words ...Eliminating Nuclear Weapons is a half-hour video making the case for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Originally produced in 1995, the...roundtable session on the Ploughshares nuclear weapons abolition tour, where it generally...

Article: Crossing the nuclear threshhold: just exactly how are nuclear weapons supposed to help us wipe out terrorism? (Mass Destruction).(Brief Article)
Sojourners Magazine;  May 1, 2002 ;     695 words ......few of us expected it to bring back nuclear weapons. The Pentagon's recently leaked Nuclear...Reversing more than two decades when nuclear weapons were seen as a last resort, to be...It clearly plans the first use of nuclear weapons, targets them against nonnuclear states...

Article: nuclear weapons
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      297 words ......rather than chemical, processes. Nuclear weapons produce large explosions and hazardous...nuclear fission or nuclear fusion. Nuclear weapons can be delivered by artillery, plane...also fit inside a suitcase. Tactical nuclear weapons can have the explosive power of a...

Article: The World Court and Nuclear Weapons: Who is Listening?
UN Chronicle;  December 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ......the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. Citing international laws of war...declared that the threat or use of nuclear weapons would generally be illegal, and all...because the judges did not condemn nuclear weapons absolutely. While stating that the...

Article: Canadian church leaders' 1998 statement on nuclear weapons.
Ploughshares Monitor;  March 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......bear upon efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Our church communities rejoiced with...Canada, to persist in claiming that nuclear weapons are required for their security. Nuclear weapons do not, cannot, deliver security...

Article: UN committee approves resolution calling for nuclear weapons to be removed from high alert
AP Worldstream;  November 2, 2007 ;     461 words ......approved a resolution calling for all nuclear weapons to be taken off high alert over objections...steps to decrease the readiness of nuclear weapons systems by ensuring that all nuclear weapons are removed from high alert status...

Article: Learning to love the bomb: is nuclear proliferation inherently dangerous? (Culture & Reviews).('The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed')(Book Review)
Reason;  February 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed, by Scott D...maintained an arsenal of thousands of nuclear weapons. During the superpower standoff...peacefulness. Not only did all those nuclear weapons go unused, but American and Soviet...

Article: Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence in the Twenty-First Century.
American Diplomacy;  January 6, 2009 ;     428 words ...Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence in the Twenty-First...International Peace to discuss U.S. nuclear weapons policy and deterrence. Gates spoke...toward further limiting/eliminating nuclear weapons. After paying tribute to Carnegie...

Article: Nuclear weapons programs around the world
AP Online;  June 28, 2008 ;     113 words ...A look at nuclear weapons programs around the world: CONFIRMED NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITIES: United States, Russia, China...Pakistan, India, North Korea ___ UNDECLARED NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITIES: Israel ___ ALLEGED NUCLEAR WEAPONS...

Article: Statement on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty.(Brief Article)
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents;  March 13, 2000 ;     676 words ......on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) entered into force. The...which states not possessing nuclear weapons would foreswear their acquisition, and in which states with nuclear weapons would work toward eliminating...