USSR and its Nuclear Policy

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USSR and its Nuclear Policy

• Ryan Soles
• Woojong Sim

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Russias Basic Policies and Numbers

• Russia was estimated to have around 6,681 active
  strategic nuclear warheads in its arsenal. Russia
  also has a large but unknown number of tactical
  nuclear weapons.
• According to a Russian military doctrine stated
  in 2003, nuclear weapons could be used either in
  response to a WMD attack against Russia and her
  allies, or while defending against a major
  conventional attack in a critical situation for
  Russia and her allies.

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Russia and the NPT

• Russia is one of the five "Nuclear Weapons
  States" (NWS) under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
  Treaty, which Russia ratified (as the Soviet
  Union) in 1968.

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Russias CTBT

• On September 24, 1996 Russia signed the CTBT
• On June 30, 2000 the lower house of the Russian
  parliament, the Duma, voted by 298 votes to 74 to
  approve the ratification of the Comprehensive
  Test ban Treaty (CTBT).
• Foreign Ministry statement "The ratification of
  CNTBT Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty by
  the State Duma is yet another confirmation of our
  country's consistent course of enhancing the
  regime of nuclear weapons non-proliferation,
  disarmament, and strengthening strategic
  stability in the world.

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IAEA

• Russia inherited the Soviet Union's IAEA status.
  The Soviet Union became a member of the IAEA on 8
  April 1957.
• Russia has allowed the IAEA to inspect a limited
  number of civilian nuclear facilities following a
  10 June 1985 voluntary offer agreement between
  the Soviet Union and the IAEA.
• On 16 October 2007, Russia acceded to the IAEA
  Additional Protocol, which would pave way for
  safeguarding at selected Russian nuclear
  facilities.

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Sources

• Wikipedia.org
• http//www.acronym.org.uk/ctbt/ctbduma.htm
• http//www.nti.org/db/nisprofs/russia/intorgs/into
  rgs.htm