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Thread #98924   Message #1985342
Posted By: Teribus
03-Mar-07 - 07:41 PM
Thread Name: BS: Proof that Bush lied
Subject: RE: BS: Proof that Bush lied
Hey Foolstroupe:

Declared nuclear weapons states:
Country - 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 - 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 - none

*All numbers are estimates from the Natural Resources Defense Council, published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, unless other references are given. If differences between active and total stockpile are known, they are given as two figures separated by a forward slash. If no specifics are known, only one figure is given. Stockpile number may not contain all intact warheads if a substantial amount of warheads are scheduled for but have not yet gone through dismantlement; not all "active" warheads are deployed at any given time. When a spread of weapons is given (e.g., 0-10), it generally indicates that the estimate is being made on the amount of fissile material which has likely been produced, and the amount of fissile material needed per warhead depends on estimates of a country's proficiency at nuclear weapon design.

Now what was the number of Russian warheads compared to US warheads again? Invention of the CIA "Black Ops" - Do me a favour, investigate the truth for once, before you open your trap.