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July 2, 2014

Business Insider Report on Global Nuclear Stockpiles Cites Center Research

MAP: All 17,000 Of The World’s Nukes

July 2, 2014

by Amanda Macias, Skye Gould, and Michael B. Kelley

The U.S., Russia, U.K. France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea possess approximately 17,000 nuclear weapons, according to the latest assessment from The Center For Arms Control And Non-Proliferation.

And given that there are several ways nuclear warfare could still happen, it’s good to keep an account of the world’s most devastating weapons. Furthermore, the nuclear arsenals of these countries serve of as powerful deterrents against aggressive military action.

The following graphic illustrates how many estimated nuclear warheads each of these nine nations have in their respective weapons inventories, as well as the first known date of nuclear weapon testing for each country.

Read the full article here

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