Nuclear Apartheid
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The effective prohibition on nuclear proliferation has been characterised as a form of technological apartheid, as only a select few states (particularly the member-nations of the United Nations Security Council) are able to acquire nuclear technology and that they can use their power to prevent other states from research and development of nuclear technology. In theory, only states that are allied with states that already have nuclear power would be able to acquire nuclear technology themselves.
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