And, in the eyes of many, James will never be considered one of the great ones, until he has a ring for every digit on his left hand. Itâs refreshing to hear Bryant refer to the notion that an NBA great needs to win a handful of rings as âridiculous.â Nevertheless, Bryant will surely continue to respect the challenge. After all, Bryantâs said the only thing heâs pushing towards during the last legs of his career is the pursuit of number six.
July 1, 1968: The nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) is signed in Washington, London, and Moscow. Among other obligations, the NPT requires parties to the treaty to seek to achieve the discontinuance of all test explosions of nuclear weapons for all time and to continue negotiations to this end.â Back to top.
Five are considered to be  nuclear-weapon states  (NWS) under the terms of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). In order of acquisition of nuclear weapons these are: the United States, Russia (successor state to the Soviet Union), the United Kingdom, France, and China.Since the NPT entered into force in 1970, three states that were not parties to the Treaty have conducted nuclear tests, namely India, Pakistan, and North Korea.he Soviet Union was the second nation to have developed and tested a nuclear weapon. The direct motivation for Soviet weapons development was to achieve a balance of power during the Cold War. It tested its first megaton-range hydrogen bomb ( RDS-37 ) in 1955.