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Countries with Nuclear Weapons
Capability
- Acknowledged: Britain, China, France, India,
Pakistan, Russia, United States, North Korea1
- Abandoned: South Africa—Constructed but then
voluntarily dismantled six uranium bombs. Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Ukraine—When Soviet Union broke up, these former states possessed
nuclear warheads that they have since given up.
1. North Korea tested its first nuclear
device on October 9, 2006.
2. In Aug. 2005, U.S. intelligence
estimated that Iran would possess nuclear weapons in the next decade. In
Jan. 2006, Iran announced its decision to restart nuclear research.
Source: U.S. State Department, TIME magazine and the Nuclear
Threat Initiative.
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