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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 ...
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. North Korea joined the nuclear club in 2006 or before. [1] [9] A United States Defense Intelligence Agency report from 1999 projected that both Iran and Iraq would join the ...
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.
Nuclear Weapons Archive – includes the nuclear weapon histories of many countries; NDRC Nuclear Notebook: Nuclear pursuits. Comparative table of the histories and arsenals of the five NPT-designated nuclear powers as of 1993. NuclearFiles.org Archived March 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Timeline- from Atomic Discovery to the 2000s (decade)
Japan, South Korea and Poland [citation needed] are generally considered de facto nuclear states due to their believed ability to wield nuclear weapons within 1 to 3 years. [17] [18] [19] South Africa produced six nuclear weapons in the 1980s, but dismantled them in the early 1990s. South Africa signed the NPT in 1991.
Operation Sandstone,Yoke nuclear device detonation. 1948 The Operation Sandstone test series conducted in April and May 1948 at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands, was a critical step in advancing nuclear weapons development. Overseen by Joint Task Force 7 (JTF-7), the operation consisted of three atomic detonations, X-RAY, YOKE, and ZEBRA ...
The following countries have either attempted to develop, actually built, or bought weapons of mass destruction, including biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. List [ edit ]
The components of a B83 nuclear bomb used by the United States. This is a list of nuclear weapons listed according to country of origin, and then by type within the states. . The United States, Russia, China and India are known to possess a nuclear triad, being capable to deliver nuclear weapons by land, sea and