In the world’s historical wars, nuclear weapons were used as a devastating and destructive war tool. Here are the 10 countries with the most nuclear weapons in the world today.
1. Russia
The top position belongs to Russia, currently Russia has about 7,300 weapons, with 1,790 strategic weapons in operation. The above figures are estimates only as the exact number has not been disclosed. And Russia’s first nuclear weapons test was conducted in 1949 and the last nuclear test was in 1990. Before that, the country had carried out a total of 715 nuclear weapons tests. .
2. America |
The second place in the list belongs to the US. Before that, the US was the only country with nuclear weapons in the world until the Soviet Union produced its own weapons. Accordingly, the US launched its nuclear program on November 21, 1939 and first tested it on July 16, 1945. And as of 1967, the United States had 32,040 nuclear warheads, but today there are only 4,670 warheads in use.
3. France
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Pakistan is the country that owns this weapon of mass destruction before Iran. Pakistan started producing nuclear weapons in 1972 when Zulkifar Ali Bhutto was Prime Minister at that time. And he claimed to complete that project in 1976 but then progress was slow, and had to invite Abdul Qadeer Khan from Europe to join. After many efforts and expectations, the project was finally completed in 1984.
7. India
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Israel is the country that is considered to have nuclear weapons, although has denied them outright. Although it is believed to have possessed nuclear weapons since 1967, there is no official data to support this. Experts estimate that the country has about 75-400 warheads, and is produced at the Negev Nuclear Research Center.
9. North Korea
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