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Nucleat Weapons Proliferation

Nonstrategic nuclear weapons have posed serious military and political concerns for nearly two generations. Anyone could argue that while strategic nuclear and conventional arms treaties have resolved much of the issues during the Cold War, there still remain an area left, and that is thousands of nonstrategic, theater, tactical, or battlefield nuclear weapons remaining on the soil of the former superpowers.
During this day in age and as technology continues to advance, so do ideas and inventions that cause massive destruction during times of conflict. The biggest problem today for countries seeking peace is the control the proliferation of nuclear weapons, or any other weapon of that sort, throughout the world. While security analysts and the general public assumed that the issue with nuclear weapons ended during the Cold War era, it is still a concern that needs to be addressed today. In the past 50 years, many treaties and organizations have been created to ensure and prolong the existence of mankind that is now threatened by weapons of mass destruction.
During 1991, a treaty was formed between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in order to reduce the amount of strategic offensive arms, or highly destructive weapons that these two powers withhold. The treaty was named the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty or START. Its goal was to eliminate things like nuclear delivery vehicles, warheads, ballistic missiles, and any other things of that sort. This treaty was to be carried out in three phases for seven years from the date it entered force. The treaty was signed on July 31, 1991, but five months later the Soviet Union was broken into four different independent states. Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine all became parties of the START treaty as legal successors of the Soviet Union. Due to the break up of the Soviet Union the START treaty had to be delayed. The START I treaty will have a 15 year duration and can be extended for five year periods by the...