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KansDem

(28,498 posts)
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 10:31 AM Sep 2012

List of states with nuclear weapons

Country / Warheads active / total / Year of first test / CTBT status

The five nuclear-weapon states under the NPT
United States / 2,150 / 8,000 / 1945 ("Trinity&quot / Signatory
Russia / 1,800 / 10,000 / 1949 ("RDS-1&quot / Ratifier
United Kingdom / 160 / 225/1952 ("Hurricane&quot / Ratifier
France / 290 / 300 /1960 ("Gerboise Bleue&quot / Ratifier
China / n.a. / 240 / 1964 ("596&quot / Signatory

Non-NPT nuclear powers
India / n.a. / 80–100 / 1974 ("Smiling Buddha&quot / Non-signatory
Pakistan / n.a. / 90–110 / 1998 ("Chagai-I&quot / Non-signatory
North Korea / n.a. / <10 / 2006 (2006 test) / Non-signatory

Undeclared nuclear powers
Israel / n.a. / 80–200 / Unknown (possibly 1979) / Signatory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons

I thought a refresher on who had what was in order considering all the talk of Iran getting nuclear weapons from Israel who has nuclear weapons.

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List of states with nuclear weapons (Original Post) KansDem Sep 2012 OP
Why have the US and Russia not reduced their nuclear weapons stockpile significantly? mazzarro Sep 2012 #1

mazzarro

(3,450 posts)
1. Why have the US and Russia not reduced their nuclear weapons stockpile significantly?
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 11:03 AM
Sep 2012

They should at most have twice the number of weapons the third place country has. If they (US and Russia) cannot reduce their stockpiles this many years after the cold-war, then they do not have the right to stop other countries that want the protection of nuclear weapons as well.

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