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Thread #94033 Message #1943059
Posted By: Teribus
21-Jan-07 - 04:04 AM
Thread Name: BS: Realizations about Iraq
Subject: RE: BS: Realizations about Iraq
Nickhere FYI:
Declared nuclear weapons states
Country - No. of Warheads active/total - Year of first test
United States- 5,735/9,960 - 1945 ("Trinity")
Russia (formerly the Soviet Union) - 7,200/16,000 - 1949 ("RDS-1")
United Kingdom - <200 (shortly to be reduced by 48) - 1952 ("Hurricane")
France - 350 - 1960 ("Gerboise Bleue")
People's Republic of China - 400 - 1964 ("596")
India - 40-50 - 1974 ("Smiling Buddha")
Pakistan - 24-48 - 1998 ("Chagai-I")
North Korea - 0-10 - possibly one in 2006 (unconfirmed)