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| 1983 |
| | | President Reagan proposes a Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) against nuclear attack | |
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| 1988 |
| | | Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein uses chemical weapons against the Kurds of northern Iraq | |
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| 2005 |
| | | The Provisional IRA announces a formal end to armed conflict and orders units to dump all their weapons | |
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| 2006 |
| | | North Korea test-fires seven missiles, of varying ranges and with varying success | |
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| 2006 |
| | | North Korea announces that it has tested a nuclear weapon | |
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| 2007 |
| | | China carries out a successful test of a ground-based missile that can destroy satellites in orbit | |
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| 2007 |
| | | North Korea agrees to begin shutting down its nuclear facilities in return for an ongoing programme of fuel aid | |
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