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South Africa successfully built six nuclear weapons in the 1980s, but dismantled all of them in the early 1990s, shortly before the fall of the apartheid system. [23] So far it is the only nuclear-capable country to give up nuclear weapons, although several members of the Soviet Union did so during the collapse of the Soviet regime.
Map of nuclear-armed states of the world NPT -designated nuclear weapon states (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States) Other states with nuclear weapons (India, North Korea, Pakistan) Other states presumed to have nuclear weapons (Israel) NATO or CSTO member nuclear weapons sharing states (Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, Belarus) States formerly possessing nuclear ...
Brazil is considered to possess no weapons of mass destruction but does have some of the key technologies needed to produce nuclear weapons. [8] [7] [9] [10] Brazil is one of many countries (and one of the last) to forswear nuclear weapons under the terms of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. [11]
1998 – May – India tests five more nuclear weapons as part of Operation Shakti at the Pokhran test site. This was India's second round of nuclear weapons testing. 1998 – May – Pakistan detonates five high-enriched uranium nuclear weapons in the Chagai Hills. A sixth nuclear test, at Kharan, was a plutonium device.
State of Israel; Nuclear program start date: Unknown (estimated 1948 or 1949) [1] [2] [3] First nuclear weapon test: Unknown (reported partner in early French testing 1960, [1] reported local Israeli underground test 1963, [1] reported Israeli test in Vela incident 1979) [a]
A look at key moments since Hamas terrorists stormed into Israel, sparking a war that, a year later, threatens to ignite the Middle East. Israel and Hamas at war: A timeline of major events since ...
Brazil's foreign ministry said it would summon Israel's ambassador to Brazil, Daniel Zonshine, for a meeting in Rio de Janeiro, where Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira is to attend G20 meetings.
The following countries have either attempted to develop, actually built, or bought weapons of mass destruction, including biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. List [ edit ]