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India (1974) and Pakistan (1998) are also well-established members of the nuclear club but are not party to the NPT since they believe its terms are discriminatory. Israel does not formally acknowledge the existence of its program. Former nuclear nations include South Africa (program dismantled in 1989) and Ukraine (nuclear weapons removed following collapse of the USSR).


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