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countries that are official listed is haveing nukes and nuclear programs
United States
Arsenal and missile range: 12,000 warheads; 8,100 miles (13,000km)
Nuclear weapons are located in 14 states. New Mexico, Georgia, Washington, Nevada, and North Dakota are the top five and account for about 70 percent of the total. The other nine are Wyoming, Missouri, Montana, Louisiana, Texas, Nebraska, California, Virginia, and Colorado. The number of U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe has shrunk dramatically, from over 6,000 of many types in the early 1980s to some 150 B61 bombs at ten air bases in seven countries (Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom) by the end of 1997. The United States is the only country with nuclear weapons deployed outside its borders.
Russia
Arsenal and missile range: 22,500 warheads; 6,800 miles (11,000 km)
Weapons are deployed at about 90 sites in Russia. In a little-appreciated logistical feat, Soviet, and then Russian, members of the 12th Main Directorate have consolidated, over the past decade, a far-flung arsenal of tens of thousands of nuclear weapons at hundreds of locations in Eastern Europe and 14 republics to under a hundred sites in Russia today.
China
Arsenal and missile range: 400 warheads; 6,800 miles (11,000 km)
The Chinese stockpile is located at some 20 sites
India:
Arsenal and missile range: 12-18 warheads; 1,550 miles (2,500 km)
India first decided to build its own nuclear weapons after China began nuclear tests in the mid-1960s. A key factor in India's desire to be a nuclear power has been China's presence on its northern border as well as Pakistan's nuclear capability.
Indian scientists claim the five devices tested in 1998 included one with an explosive yield of 43 kilotons - more than twice the force inflicted on Hiroshima in 1945.
Great Britain
Arsenal and missile range: 380 warheads; 7,500 miles (12,000 km)
The British stockpile is about to be turned into a single weapon type -- the Trident II missile on Vanguard-class submarines. In 1998, the last WE-177 gravity bombs were retired, and the Tornado bombers that once carried them will have only conventional missions.
France
Arsenal and missile range: 450 warheads; 3,300 miles (5,300 km)
The French stockpile consists of three types of warheads at four locations, down from a dozen bases at the beginning of the 1990s.
Pakistan:
Arsenal and missile range: 12-18 warheads; 930 miles (1,500 km)
Thought to have begun its secret weapons program in 1972 to reach parity with India, but restricted by U.S. sanctions since 1990. Tested a medium range missile in April of 1998. The following month, Pakistan responded to India's tests with six of its own.
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Undeclared Nuclear nations
Israel
Israel refuses to confirm or deny the widespread belief that it has the bomb, but it is believed to have over 100 atomic weapons. The center of Israel's weapons program is reported to be the Negev Nuclear Research Center near the desert town of Dimona. Former Prime Minister Shimon Peres in a rare television interview recently made a public admission that Israel began developing a "nuclear option" in the 1950s.
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Suspected nuclear nations
Libya
Analysts believe that while Libya may be unable to develop a bomb, it has the money and apparently the desire to buy nuclear technology from the former Soviet Union. What's stopping it, they say, is a strict embargo.
Iraq
Iraq had its nuclear program dismantled under United Nations auspices after its defeat in the 1991 Gulf War
Iran
Iran launched a nuclear program in the 1970s but slowed it down after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The U.S. believes Iran is developing weapons using its nuclear power program.
North Korea
North Korea put its atomic program on hold in 1994 but recently threatened to resume it if Washington did not deliver promised nuclear power plants. Under a landmark 1994 accord, the U.S. pledged to replace Pyongyang's graphite reactors, which are capable of producing weapons-grade material, with the safer light-water plants.
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Those who stoped
South Africa
South Africa is the only nation to have successfully developed nuclear weapons, and then voluntarily relinquished that capability. Former President F.W. de Klerk announced that South Africa had not only produced nuclear weapons, but that it had also destroyed its arsenal before July 10, 1991, when South Africa accepted the NPT.
United States
Arsenal and missile range: 12,000 warheads; 8,100 miles (13,000km)
Nuclear weapons are located in 14 states. New Mexico, Georgia, Washington, Nevada, and North Dakota are the top five and account for about 70 percent of the total. The other nine are Wyoming, Missouri, Montana, Louisiana, Texas, Nebraska, California, Virginia, and Colorado. The number of U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe has shrunk dramatically, from over 6,000 of many types in the early 1980s to some 150 B61 bombs at ten air bases in seven countries (Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom) by the end of 1997. The United States is the only country with nuclear weapons deployed outside its borders.
Russia
Arsenal and missile range: 22,500 warheads; 6,800 miles (11,000 km)
Weapons are deployed at about 90 sites in Russia. In a little-appreciated logistical feat, Soviet, and then Russian, members of the 12th Main Directorate have consolidated, over the past decade, a far-flung arsenal of tens of thousands of nuclear weapons at hundreds of locations in Eastern Europe and 14 republics to under a hundred sites in Russia today.
China
Arsenal and missile range: 400 warheads; 6,800 miles (11,000 km)
The Chinese stockpile is located at some 20 sites
India:
Arsenal and missile range: 12-18 warheads; 1,550 miles (2,500 km)
India first decided to build its own nuclear weapons after China began nuclear tests in the mid-1960s. A key factor in India's desire to be a nuclear power has been China's presence on its northern border as well as Pakistan's nuclear capability.
Indian scientists claim the five devices tested in 1998 included one with an explosive yield of 43 kilotons - more than twice the force inflicted on Hiroshima in 1945.
Great Britain
Arsenal and missile range: 380 warheads; 7,500 miles (12,000 km)
The British stockpile is about to be turned into a single weapon type -- the Trident II missile on Vanguard-class submarines. In 1998, the last WE-177 gravity bombs were retired, and the Tornado bombers that once carried them will have only conventional missions.
France
Arsenal and missile range: 450 warheads; 3,300 miles (5,300 km)
The French stockpile consists of three types of warheads at four locations, down from a dozen bases at the beginning of the 1990s.
Pakistan:
Arsenal and missile range: 12-18 warheads; 930 miles (1,500 km)
Thought to have begun its secret weapons program in 1972 to reach parity with India, but restricted by U.S. sanctions since 1990. Tested a medium range missile in April of 1998. The following month, Pakistan responded to India's tests with six of its own.
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Undeclared Nuclear nations
Israel
Israel refuses to confirm or deny the widespread belief that it has the bomb, but it is believed to have over 100 atomic weapons. The center of Israel's weapons program is reported to be the Negev Nuclear Research Center near the desert town of Dimona. Former Prime Minister Shimon Peres in a rare television interview recently made a public admission that Israel began developing a "nuclear option" in the 1950s.
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Suspected nuclear nations
Libya
Analysts believe that while Libya may be unable to develop a bomb, it has the money and apparently the desire to buy nuclear technology from the former Soviet Union. What's stopping it, they say, is a strict embargo.
Iraq
Iraq had its nuclear program dismantled under United Nations auspices after its defeat in the 1991 Gulf War
Iran
Iran launched a nuclear program in the 1970s but slowed it down after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The U.S. believes Iran is developing weapons using its nuclear power program.
North Korea
North Korea put its atomic program on hold in 1994 but recently threatened to resume it if Washington did not deliver promised nuclear power plants. Under a landmark 1994 accord, the U.S. pledged to replace Pyongyang's graphite reactors, which are capable of producing weapons-grade material, with the safer light-water plants.
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Those who stoped
South Africa
South Africa is the only nation to have successfully developed nuclear weapons, and then voluntarily relinquished that capability. Former President F.W. de Klerk announced that South Africa had not only produced nuclear weapons, but that it had also destroyed its arsenal before July 10, 1991, when South Africa accepted the NPT.
I thought it was interesting myself. Nuclear weapons are the most destructive weapons in the world. Its nice to know who has them. The last thing the world needs is some nut like Sadam getting hold of them. WHY you might ask. Sadam would use them on Isreal The US would jump in and help them and the rest of the Arabs would get involved. Which would bring in the UK. and the rest of our allies. What do you have then World War.My opinion.