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The Argentine Military Government Of 1976 started a nuclear weapons program in the 1980s, which was scrapped when democracy was restored in 1983. As of 2006, it is the first and only Spanish -speaking country in the world to have ever developed an offensive nuclear program. MISSILE SYSTEMS During the 1980s the ''Alacrán'' ('' misiles were developed. While the ''Cóndor 2'', with a range of around 1,000 Kilometre s, was officially scrapped during the Menem administration under preasure of the United States government, the current status of the ''Alacrán'' remains unknown. CHEMICAL WEAPONS Argentina has been active in Non-proliferation efforts and in September 1991 signed with Brazil and Chile the Mendoza Declaration , which commits signatories not to use, develop, produce, acquire, stock, or transfer —directly or indirectly— Chemical Or Biological Weapons . NUCLEAR WEAPONS See Also: Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica In the early 1990s, Argentina and Brazil established a bilateral inspection agency to verify both countries' pledges to use nuclear energy only for peaceful purposes. On February 10 1995 , Argentina acceded to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear weapon state and continues to use and investigate on nuclear physics for peaceful purposes. SOURCES |
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