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Click on a nuclear missile marker to view its precise location. In 1988, Nukewatch published the definitive guide to the 1,000 land-based nuclear missiles of the United States as a...
- Few Countries Possess Nuclear Weapons, But Some Have Large Arsenals
- A LOF of Countries Have Given Up Obtaining Nuclear Weapons
- The Destructiveness of Nuclear Arsenals Has Declined
- Nuclear Weapons Tests Have Almost Stopped
- Nuclear Weapons Have Come Close to Being Used A Dozen Times Since World War II
- Many Countries Want to Limit Or Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Nine countries currently have nuclear weapons: Russia, the United States, China, France, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea. These nuclear powers differ a lot in how many nuclear warheads they have. The chart shows that while most have dozens or a few hundred warheads, Russia and the United States have thousands of them. T...
The number of countries that possess nuclear weapons has never been higher. Only one country — South Africa — entirely dismantled its arsenal. But, as the chart shows, many more states considered or pursued nuclear weapons, and almost all of them stopped. In the late 1970s, more than a dozen countries considered or worked to acquire them. Recently,...
A simple count of the number of warheads, as shown in the previous chart, does not consider that these weapons differ in their explosive power. It also does not consider that not all of them can be used at once. The data shown in the following chart attempts to take this into account. It considers the destructiveness and deployment of nuclear warhe...
The nuclear weapons states frequently tested their warheads in the past, but tests now have almost ended. The chart shows that they peaked in 1962 at 178 tests, mostly conducted by the United States and the Soviet Union. These tests harmedthe environment and people, especially indigenous communities. Tests decreased later during the Cold War and ha...
After killing between 110,000 and 210,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, nuclear weapons have come close to being used again more than a dozen times.1 The chart below shows a timeline of such close calls.2We can see that some of them have been accidental, while others have been deliberate. You can learn more in our articleon the risks of...
Countries have sought to reduce the threat posed by nuclear weapons through international cooperation. Most countries have approved the Partial and Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaties, which seek an end to nuclear weapons tests. The same goes for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. ...
Mar 21, 2022 · In modern times, nine countries—the U.S., Russia, France, China, the UK, Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea—are estimated to possess roughly 12,700 nuclear warheads. The animated chart above by creator James Eagle shows the military stockpile of nuclear warheads that each country has possessed since 1945.
- James Eagle
The Nuclear Notebook interactive above provides a colorful look at the arsenals of all nine nuclear weapons states: United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea. Below are the most recent published reports. United States. Nuclear weapons – 2023. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018. Russia.
NNSA. A look at the current state of the U.S. nuclear stockpile.
Last updated. January 9, 2024. Next expected update. January 2025. Date range. 1945–2023. Unit. warheads. Sources and processing. This data is based on the following sources. Federation of American Scientists – Estimated Global Nuclear Warhead Inventories. January 9, 2024. https://fas.org/initiative/status-world-nuclear-forces/ Citation.
Feb 22, 2023 · Over 75 years have passed since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and more than 12,000 nuclear warheads are still scattered across the world from silos in Montana to isolated corners of European...
