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In January 2011 eight states -- the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan and Israel -- possessed more than 20,500 nuclear weapons, including operational weapons, spares, those in both active and inactive storage and intact weapons scheduled for dismantlement. Of this total figure, more than 5000 nuclear weapons are deployed and ready for use, including nearly 2000 that are kept in a state of high operational alert. The five legally recognized nuclear weapon states, as defined by the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) -- China, France, Russia, the UK and the USA -- are either deploying new nuclear weapon systems or have announced their intention to do so; none appears to be prepared to give up its nuclear arsenals in the foreseeable future. India and Pakistan, which along with Israel are de facto nuclear weapon states outside the NPT, continue to develop new ballistic and cruise missile systems capable of delivering nuclear weapons. They are also expanding their capacities to produce fissile material for military purposes. Israel appears to be waiting to assess how the situation with Iran's nuclear programme develops. North Korea is believed to have produced enough plutonium to build a small number of nuclear warheads, but there is no public information to verify that it has operational nuclear weapons. Adapted from the source document.

In January 2010 eight states -- the United States, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan and Israel -- possessed more than 7500 operational nuclear weapons. If all nuclear warheads are counted, including operational warheads, spares, those in both active and inactive storage, and intact warheads scheduled for dismantlement, these states together possessed a total of more than 22 000 warheads. The five legally recognized nuclear weapon states, as defined by the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) -- China, France, Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom -- are either deploying new nuclear weapon systems or have announced their intention to do so; none appears to be prepared to give up their nuclear arsenals in the foreseeable future. India and Pakistan, which along with Israel are de facto nuclear weapon states outside the NPT, continue to develop new missile systems that are capable of delivering nuclear weapons and are also expanding their capacities to produce fissile material. Israel appears to be waiting to assess how the situation with Iran's nuclear programme develops. North Korea is believed to have produced enough plutonium for a small number of nuclear warheads, but it is unknown whether it has operational weapons. Adapted from the source document.

Potential development of combined joint task forces for western European defense; strategic concept and operational control. Bilateral and multilateral roles in the Atlantic Alliance, NATO, the western European Union, or the EU; US experience.