List of states with nuclear weapons

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/list-of-states-with-nuclear-weapons

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1. What is the recognized NWS (NPT)?United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, China
2. What is the total estimated warheads (2025)?Approximately 12,331
3. Which countries have nuclear weapons?Nine countries have nuclear weapons: the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel. The first five are recognized by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, while the others are not.
4. When did the United States first test a nuclear bomb?The United States first tested a nuclear bomb in 1945 during the Manhattan Project.

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT): An international treaty aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and promoting peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD): A doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender.
Arms Control: International agreements and efforts to limit the production, testing, and spread of weapons, especially weapons of mass destruction.