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Nuclear Armed States

Nuclear Weapons by Country
Country	Year	Warheads
USA	1945	5,113
USSR (Russia from 1991)	1949	12,000 (2010 est.)
UK	1952	225 (2011)
France	1960	350 (unconfirmed)
China	1964	240 (2009)
India	1974	100-120 (2011 est.)
Israel	1979	300-400?
Pakistan	1998	100-110 (2011 est.)
North Korea	2006	6-8 (unconfirmed)
Nations suspected of developing WMD
Japan	1952?	Unknown
Iran	2005?	Existence unproven
Myanmar	2007?	Existence unproven

Nations formaly developing Nucear Weapons	Year	Terminated
Albania	1970s	1993-2007
Algeria	1980s	1995
Argenina	1978	1983
Australia	1955	1970
Belarus	1949	1996
Brazil	1978	1990
China (Taiwan)	1967	1988
Egypt	1950s	1967
Iraq	1970s	1981-1991
Kazakhstan	1949	1996
Libya	1970s	2003
Poland	1960	1991
Romania	1980	1990-2003
South Africa	1979	1994
South Korea	1970	1975
Sweden	1960s	1972
Switzerland	1950s	1969
Ukraine	1949	1996
Yugoslavia	1960s	1999

Nations hosting Nuclear Weapons	Ended	Capable of developing
Belgium		No
Canada	1984	Yes
Cuba	1962	No
Germany		Yes
Greece	2001	No
Italy		Yes
Lithuania		Yes
Mexico		Yes
Netherlands		Yes
Saudi Arabia		Yes
South Korea	1991	No
Turkey		No

 

Note: Those marked in red have not signed the NNP treaty.

Armed forces by country

 

Nations with the largest armed forces by personnel

China, P.R.C (active 2,285,000, total 4,585,000)

U.S.S.R (total 4,210,000. [1991])

United States (active 1,429,995, total 2,291,910)

India (active 1,325,000, total 4,768,407)

North Korea (active 1,106,000, total 9,495,000)

Russian Federation (active 1,040,000, total 3,524,000)

South Korea (687,000, total 5,187,000)

Turkey (active, 664,060, total 1,194,960)

Yugoslavia (active 642,000, total 3,200,000) (c.1978)

Pakistan (active 617,000, total 1,434,000)

Iran (active 523,000, total 2,383,000)

Egypt (active 468,500, total 1,344,500)

Vietnam (active 455,000, total 5,495,000)

Myanmar (active 406,000, total 513,250)

France (active 352,771, total 469,461)

Brazil (active 327,710, total 2,062,710)

Syria (active 325,000, total 747,000)

Thailand (active 305,860, total 664,560)

Indonesia (active, 302,000, total, 982,000)

Italy (active, 293,202, total 478,002)

Republic of China (Taiwan), (active 290,000, total 1,964,000)

Mexico (active 267,506, total 343,905)

Saudi Arabia (active 233,500, total 249,000)

Japan (active 230,000, total 284,350)

Afghanistan (total, 200,000)

Britain (active 197,780, total 410,180)

Morocco (active 195,000, total 395,800)

Germany (active 185,498, total 329,498)

Greece (active 177,600, total 461,600)

Israel (active 176,000, total 629,150)

Sri Lanka (active 160,900, total 259,000)

Bangladesh (active 157,053, total 220,953)

D.R. Congo (active 151,251, total 152,651)

Ethiopia (total, 138,000)

Ukraine (active 129,925, total 1,214,825)

Spain (active 128,013, total, 527,223)

Venezuela (active 115,000 total 123,000)

Sudan (active 109,000, total 211,800)

 

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

 

 

04 Apr 1949               NATO Formed

30 Aug      - 30 Sep 1995 Bombing of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Opperation Deliberate Force)

24 Mar      - 10 Jun 1999 Bombing of Yugoslavia (Opperation Allied Force)

12 Jun 1999 -             NATO led Kosovo Force (KFOR) in Kosovo, Yugoslavia

07 Oct 2001               Invasion of Afghanistan (Opperation Enduring Freedom)

16 Apr 2003 -             Takes command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

19 Mar      - 31 Oct 2011 Military intervention in Libya (Opperation Unified Protector)

 

Secretaries-general

04 Apr 1952 - 16 May 1957 Lord Hastings Lionel Ismay ............... 1887-1965 (UK)

16 May 1957 - 04 Mar 1961 Paul-Henri Charles Spaak ................. 1899-1971 (Belgium)

21 Apr 1961 - 31 Jul 1964 Dirk Uipko Stikker ....................... 1897-1979 (Netherlands)

01 Aug 1964 - 30 Sep 1971 Manlio Giovanni Brosio ................... 1897-1980 (Italy)

01 Oct 1971 - 25 Jun 1984 Joseph Antoine Marie Hubert Luns ......... 1911-2002 (Netherlands)

25 Jun 1984 - 30 Jun 1988 Peter Alexander Rupert Carrington ........ 1919-     (UK)

01 Jul 1988 - 13 Aug 1994 Manfred Hermann Wörner ................... 1934-1994 (Germany)

17 Oct 1994 - 20 Oct 1995 Willem Werner Hubert Claes                           (Belgium)

05 Dec 1995 - 06 Oct 1999 Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga                 (Spain)

14 Oct 1999 - 17 Dec 2003 George Islay MacNeil Robertson                       (UK)

05 Jan 2004 - 31 Jul 2009 Jakob Gijsbert de Hoop Scheffer                      (Netherlands)

01 Aug 2009 - 30 Sep 2014 Anders Fogh Rasmussen                                (Denmark)

01 Oct 2014 -             Jens Stoltenberg ......................... 1959-     (Norway)

 

 

US Supreme Allied Commanders of Europe

02 Apr 1951 - 30 May 1952 Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower ............. 1890-1969

30 May 1952 - 11 Jul 1953 Gen. Matthew Bunker Ridgway .............. 1895-1993

11 Jul 1953 - 20 Nov 1956 Gen. Alfred Maximilian Gruenther ......... 1899-1983

20 Nov 1956 - 31 Dec 1962 Gen. Lauris Norstad ...................... 1907-1988

01 Jan 1963 - 30 Jun 1969 Gen. Lyman Louis Lemnitzer ............... 1899-1988

01 Jul 1969 - 15 Dec 1974 Gen. Andrew Jackson Goodpaster ........... 1915-2005

15 Dec 1974 - 30 Jun 1979 Gen. Alexander Meigs Haig ................ 1924-2010

01 Jul 1979 - 26 Jan 1987 Gen. Bernard William Rogers .............. 1921-2008

26 Jan 1987 - 23 Jun 1992 Gen. John Rogers Galvin .................. 1929-

23 Jun 1992 - 22 Oct 1993 Gen. John Malchase David Shalikashvili ... 1936-2011

22 Oct 1993 - 11 Jul 1997 Gen. George Alfred Joulwan

11 Jul 1997 - 03 May 2000 Gen. Wesley Kanne Clark

03 May 2000 - 17 Jan 2003 Gen. Joseph W. Ralston

17 Jan 2003 - 07 Dec 2006 Gen. James Logan Jones

07 Dec 2006 - 02 Jul 2009 Gen. Bantz John Caddock

02 Jul 2009 - 06 May 2013 Admiral. James George Stavidis ........... 1955-

06 May 2013 -             Gen. Philip Mark Breedlove ............... 1955-

 

 

Members

24 Aug 1949 - Kingdom of Belgium             - Kingdom of Canada             - Kingdom of Denmark             - Republic of France[1]             - Republic of Iceland             - Republic of Italy             - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg             - Kingdom of the Netherlands             - Kingdom of Norway             - Republic of Portugal             - United Kingdom             - United States 18 Feb 1952 - Kingdom of Greece[2]             - Turkey 05 May 1955 - Federal Republic of Germany 30 May 1982 - Kingdom of Spain 12 May 1999 - Czech Republic             - Republic of Hungary             - Republic of Poland 29 Mar 2004 - Republic of Bulgaria             - Republic of Estonia             - Republic of Latvia             - Republic of Lithuania             - Republic of Romania             - Republic of Slovakia             - Republic of Slovenia 01 Apr 2009 - Republic of Albania             - Republic of Croatia

[1](withdrew from integrated command 1966-2009) [2](withdrew from integrated command 1974-1980)

Warsaw Treaty Organisation

 

 

14 May 1955               Warsaw Treaty of Frendship signed

04 Nov 1956               Invasion of Hungary

21 Aug 1968               Invasion of Czechoslovakia

31 Jul 1991               Officially dissolved

 

Commanders-in-chief of the Joint Armed Forces (all from USSR)

15 May 1955 - 23 Jul 1960 Ivan Stepanovich Konev ................... 1897-1973

23 Jul 1960 - 07 Jul 1967 Andrei Antonovich Grechko ................ 1903-1976

07 Jul 1967 - 30 Nov 1976 Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky .............. 1912-1976

08 Jan 1977 - 02 Feb 1989 Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov .............. 1921-2013

02 Feb 1989 - 31 Jul 1991 Pyotr Georgievich Lushev ................. 1923-1997

 

Members

14 May 1955 - People's Republic of Albania[1]             - Socialist Republic of Bulgaria             - Socialist Republic of Czechoslovakia             - German Democratic Republic[2]             - Socialist Republic of Hungary[3]             - Socialist Republic of Poland             - Socialist Republic of Romania             - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

[1] Withdrew 1968, [2] Withdrew 1990, [3]Attempted withdral 1956

Western European Union

 

17 Mar 1948               Treat of Brussels signed

23 Oct 1954               WEU defensive alliance formed

01 Dec 2009               Treaty of Lisbon takes over WEU clauses

30 Jun 2011               Dissolved

 

Secretaries-general

07 Mar 1955 - 14 Dec 1962 Louis Goffin

15 Dec 1962 - 31 Dec 1970 Maurice Iweins d'Eeckhoutte

01 Jan 1971 - 30 Sep 1974 Georges Heisbourg

01 Oct 1974 - 24 Feb 1977 Friedrich-Karl von Plehwe

01 Mar 1977 - 31 May 1985 Edouard Longerstaey

17 Jun 1985 - 11 May 1989 Alfred Cahen

15 May 1989 - 15 Nov 1994 Willem Frederik van Eekelen

16 Nov 1994 - 24 Nov 1999 José Cutileiro

25 Nov 1999 - 24 Nov 2009 Javier Solana Madariaga

25 Nov 2009 - 30 Jun 2011 Arnaud Marie Pierre André Jacomet

 

Members

17 Mar 1948 - Belgium             - France             - Luxembourg             - Netherlands             - UK 23 Oct 1954 - Germany             - Italy 27 Mar 1990 - Portugal             - Spain 06 Mar 1995 - Greece