Nuclear weapons//How many nuclear weapons are there in the world and which countries have them?

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS MANY TIMES DURING THE ONGOING TENSIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN. THEY ARE EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE AND DEADLY, AND THEIR EXPLOSIONS ARE SO POWERFUL THAT ONLY ONE ATOMIC BOMB CAN DESTROY AN ENTIRE CITY. AN ATOMIC BOMB CAN WREAK HAVOC ON A LARGER NON-NUCLEAR BOMB. IT HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY SAID THAT SOME COUNTRIES SHOULD NOT HAVE NUCLEAR BOMBS, INCLUDING IRAN, WHILE SOME COUNTRIES CAN. IT IS DIFFICULT TO COVER WHICH COUNTRY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THEM AND WHICH SHOULD NOT, BUT WE HAVE GATHERED ANSWERS TO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS. READ MORE ABOUT IT WHERE ARE THE WORLD'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS? A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MILITARY STRENGTH OF PAKISTAN AND INDIA WHAT ARE NUCLEAR WEAPONS?THESE ARE EXTREMELY POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF ATOMS AND ISOTOPES IN SCIENCE CLASSES AT SCHOOL. BOTH ARE IMPORTANT IN NUCLEAR DETONATION. THE BOMB IS ENERGIZED BY BREAKING THE ATOM OR COMBINING THE TINY PARTICLES INSIDE IT. THAT IS WHY THE ATOMIC BOMB IS OFTEN CALLED THE ATOMIC BOMB. ATOMIC BOMBS HAVE BEEN USED ONLY TWICE IN HISTORY. IN 1945, DURING WORLD WAR II, THE UNITED STATES DROPPED TWO ATOMIC BOMBS ON JAPAN, WREAKING HAVOC AND CAUSING HEAVY CASUALTIES. THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA LASTED FOR MONTHS, KILLING AN ESTIMATED 80,000 PEOPLE. A BOMB BLAST NEAR THE NORTHERN CITY OF NAGASAKI HAS KILLED AT LEAST 70,000 PEOPLE. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN USED IN ANY WAR SINCE THEN. NUCLEAR WEAPONS EMIT LARGE AMOUNTS OF RADIATION. THE EFFECTS OF THE BLAST ARE LONG-LASTING, LEADING TO NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, HEADACHE, AND FEVER. WHICH COUNTRIES HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS? CURRENTLY, THE FIVE RECOGNIZED NUCLEAR STATES IN THE WORLD ARE THE UNITED STATES, CHINA, BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND RUSSIA, WHILE FOUR OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. OF THESE, INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND NORTH KOREA HAVE CONDUCTED NUCLEAR TESTS, WHILE ISRAEL IS THOUGHT TO HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ALTHOUGH THIS HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED OR DENIED. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THESE COUNTRIES HAVE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 14,000 WEAPONS, MOST OF WHICH ARE IN THE POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA. THE FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS SAYS THAT ACCORDING TO ESTIMATES MADE IN 2019, RUSSIA HAS MORE THAN 4,000 NUCLEAR WEAPONS WHILE THE UNITED STATES HAS ABOUT 4,000 NUCLEAR WEAPONS, OF WHICH MORE THAN 1,000 ARE ON HIGH ALERT IN BOTH COUNTRIES. THEY ARE FOLLOWED BY FRANCE, WHICH HAS 300 NUCLEAR WEAPONS. CHINA'S NUCLEAR ARSENAL IS ESTIMATED AT 290, BUT IS EXPECTED TO GROW RAPIDLY, WITH CHINA SOON TO BECOME THE THIRD-LARGEST NUCLEAR WEAPON STATE AFTER THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA. NUMBER FIVE ON THE LIST IS BRITAIN, WHICH HAS AN ESTIMATED 200 WEAPONS. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY TWO SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES, PAKISTAN AND INDIA, WHICH HAVE A STOCKPILE OF 160 AND 140 NUCLEAR WEAPONS, RESPECTIVELY. ISRAEL RANKS EIGHTH ON THE LIST, WITH AN ESTIMATED 90 NUCLEAR WEAPONS, WHILE NORTH KOREA HAS 30. WHO CAN BUILD A NUCLEAR WEAPON? ANYONE WHO HAS THE TECHNOLOGY, SKILLS, AND FACILITIES CAN MAKE THEM, BUT WHICH COUNTRY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE THEM IS A DIFFERENT MATTER. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY. THE AGREEMENT AIMS TO PREVENT THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. SINCE 1970, 191 COUNTRIES HAVE JOINED THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) AND FIVE COUNTRIES ARE CONSIDERED THE NUCLEAR-ARMED STATES, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, RUSSIA, FRANCE, AND CHINA. THE FIVE COUNTRIES ARE ALLOWED TO POSSESS THESE WEAPONS BECAUSE THEY DEVELOPED AND TESTED NUCLEAR WEAPONS BEFORE THE TREATY CAME INTO FORCE ON JANUARY 1, 1967. READ MORE ABOUT IT WHERE ARE THE WORLD'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS? A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MILITARY STRENGTH OF PAKISTAN AND INDIA WHAT ARE NUCLEAR WEAPONS?THESE ARE EXTREMELY POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF ATOMS AND ISOTOPES IN SCIENCE CLASSES AT SCHOOL. BOTH ARE IMPORTANT IN NUCLEAR DETONATION. THE BOMB IS ENERGIZED BY BREAKING THE ATOM OR COMBINING THE TINY PARTICLES INSIDE IT. THAT IS WHY THE ATOMIC BOMB IS OFTEN CALLED THE ATOMIC BOMB. ATOMIC BOMBS HAVE BEEN USED ONLY TWICE IN HISTORY. IN 1945, DURING WORLD WAR II, THE UNITED STATES DROPPED TWO ATOMIC BOMBS ON JAPAN, WREAKING HAVOC AND CAUSING HEAVY CASUALTIES. THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA LASTED FOR MONTHS, KILLING AN ESTIMATED 80,000 PEOPLE. A BOMB BLAST NEAR THE NORTHERN CITY OF NAGASAKI HAS KILLED AT LEAST 70,000 PEOPLE. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN USED IN ANY WAR SINCE THEN. NUCLEAR WEAPONS EMIT LARGE AMOUNTS OF RADIATION. THE EFFECTS OF THE BLAST ARE LONG-LASTING, LEADING TO NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, HEADACHE, AND FEVER. WHICH COUNTRIES HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS? CURRENTLY, THE FIVE RECOGNIZED NUCLEAR STATES IN THE WORLD ARE THE UNITED STATES, CHINA, BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND RUSSIA, WHILE FOUR OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. OF THESE, INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND NORTH KOREA HAVE CONDUCTED NUCLEAR TESTS, WHILE ISRAEL IS THOUGHT TO HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ALTHOUGH THIS HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED OR DENIED. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THESE COUNTRIES HAVE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 14,000 WEAPONS, MOST OF WHICH ARE IN THE POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA. THE FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS SAYS THAT ACCORDING TO ESTIMATES MADE IN 2019, RUSSIA HAS MORE THAN 4,000 NUCLEAR WEAPONS WHILE THE UNITED STATES HAS ABOUT 4,000 NUCLEAR WEAPONS, OF WHICH MORE THAN 1,000 ARE ON HIGH ALERT IN BOTH COUNTRIES. THEY ARE FOLLOWED BY FRANCE, WHICH HAS 300 NUCLEAR WEAPONS. CHINA'S NUCLEAR ARSENAL IS ESTIMATED AT 290, BUT IS EXPECTED TO GROW RAPIDLY, WITH CHINA SOON TO BECOME THE THIRD-LARGEST NUCLEAR WEAPON STATE AFTER THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA. NUMBER FIVE ON THE LIST IS BRITAIN, WHICH HAS AN ESTIMATED 200 WEAPONS. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY TWO SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES, PAKISTAN AND INDIA, WHICH HAVE A STOCKPILE OF 160 AND 140 NUCLEAR WEAPONS, RESPECTIVELY. ISRAEL RANKS EIGHTH ON THE LIST, WITH AN ESTIMATED 90 NUCLEAR WEAPONS, WHILE NORTH KOREA HAS 30. WHO CAN BUILD A NUCLEAR WEAPON? ANYONE WHO HAS THE TECHNOLOGY, SKILLS, AND FACILITIES CAN MAKE THEM, BUT WHICH COUNTRY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE THEM IS A DIFFERENT MATTER. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY. THE AGREEMENT AIMS TO PREVENT THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. SINCE 1970, 191 COUNTRIES HAVE JOINED THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) AND FIVE COUNTRIES ARE CONSIDERED THE NUCLEAR-ARMED STATES, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, RUSSIA, FRANCE, AND CHINA. THE FIVE COUNTRIES ARE ALLOWED TO POSSESS THESE WEAPONS BECAUSE THEY DEVELOPED AND TESTED NUCLEAR WEAPONS BEFORE THE TREATY CAME INTO FORCE ON JANUARY 1, 1967. ALTHOUGH THESE COUNTRIES HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS, UNDER THE AGREEMENT THEY WILL HAVE TO REDUCE THEIR NUMBERS AND THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP THEM FOREVER. ISRAEL HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS, NOR HAS IT DENIED THAT PAKISTAN AND INDIA HAVE JOINED THE NPT SINCE NORTH KOREA SECEDED FROM THE DEAL IN 2003. WHAT IS THE SITUATION IN IN IRAN? IRAN LAUNCHED ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM IN 1951 AND HAS ALWAYS INSISTED THAT IT IS A PEACEFUL NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM. BUT IT IS SUSPECTED THAT IRAN IS SECRETLY DEVELOPING NUCLEAR WEAPONS UNDER THE GUISE OF THIS PROGRAM, WHICH LED TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE EUROPEAN UNION IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THE COUNTRY IN 2010. THEN IN 2015, IRAN AND OTHER MAJOR POWERS REACHED AN AGREEMENT THAT LIFTED TRADE SANCTIONS ON IRAN IN EXCHANGE FOR A REDUCTION IN ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM, BUT THE UNITED STATES WITHDREW FROM THE DEAL IN MAY 2018 FOLLOWING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DECISION. NOW EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAVE CHALLENGED IRAN FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT. IN THE WAKE OF RISING TENSIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS VOWED THAT IRAN WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO POSSESS NUCLEAR WEAPONS AS LONG AS HE IS PRESIDENT. IRAN SAYS IT WILL NO LONGER ABIDE BY THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT FOLLOWING THE KILLING OF IRANIAN GENERAL QASIM SOLEIMANI IN BAGHDAD BY THE UNITED STATES. 

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