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Nuclear Weapon Club
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This is a list of states with nuclear weapons, sometimes called the "nuclear club." There are currently eight states that have successfully detonated nuclear weapons. Five are considered to be "nuclear weapons states", an internationally recognized status conferred by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). In order of acquisition of nuclear weapons these are: the United States, Russia (successor state to the Soviet Union), the United Kingdom, France, and China. Since the formulation of the NPT, three non-signatory states have conducted nuclear tests: India, Pakistan, and North Korea. Israel is also widely believed to have nuclear weapons, though it has refused to confirm or deny this. The status of these nations is not formally recognized by international bodies as none of them are currently signatories to the NPT. Iran is accused by the United Nations of having a secret development program, a charge Iranian officials have denied.
| | United States - 5,735 / 9,960 warheads - first test in 1945 ("Trinity") |
| | Russia - 5,830 / 16,000 warheads - first tested in 1949 ("RDS-1") |
| | United Kingdom - 200 warheads - first tested in 1952 ("Hurricane") |
| | France - 350 warheads - first tested in 1960 ("Gerboise Bleue") |
| | China - 130 warheads - first tested in 1964 ("596") |
| | India - 70-120 warheads - first tested in 1974 ("Smiling Buddha") |
| | Pakistan - 30-52 warheads - first tested in 1998 ("Chagai-I") |
| | North Korea - 1-10 warheads - first tested in 2006 (The Beginning) |
| | Israel - 75-200 warheads - first tested around 1979? |
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