Other States
While the vast majority of states have adhered to the stipulations of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, a few states have either refused to sign the treaty or have pursued nuclear weapons programs while not being members of the treaty. Many view the pursuit of nuclear weapons by these states as a threat to nonproliferation and world peace, and therefore seek policies to discourage the spread of nuclear weapons to these states, a few of which are often described by the US as "rogue states".
- Declared nuclear weapon states not party to the NPT:
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- Indian nuclear weapons: 80–110 active warheads
- Pakistani nuclear weapons: 90–110 active warheads
- North Korean nuclear weapons: <10 active warheads
- Undeclared nuclear weapon states not party to the NPT:
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- Israeli nuclear weapons: 75–200 active warheads
- Nuclear weapon states not party to the NPT that disarmed and joined the NPT as non-nuclear weapons states:
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- South African nuclear weapons: disarmed from 1989–1993
- Former Soviet states that disarmed and joined the NPT as non-nuclear weapons states:
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- Belarus
- Kazakhstan
- Ukraine
- Non-nuclear weapon states party to the NPT currently accused of seeking nuclear weapons:
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- Iran
- Non-nuclear weapon states party to the NPT who acknowledged and eliminated past nuclear weapons programs:
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- Libya
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