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Bookmark or Share- Nuclear weapon | History, Facts, Types, Countries, Blast Radius ...What is a nuclear weapon? A nuclear weapon is a device designed to release energy in an explosive manner as a result of nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, or a combination of the two processes. Are there treaties to control the proliferation of nuclear weapons?
- Nuclear Weapons - Our World in DataThe number of nuclear weapons has declined substantially since the end of the Cold War. After increasing for almost half a century after their creation in the 1940s, nuclear arsenals reached over 60,000 warheads in 1986. Since then we have seen a reversal of this trend, as the chart shows.
- Nuclear Notebook - Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsThe 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.
- List of states with nuclear weapons - WikipediaThese five states are known to have detonated a nuclear explosive before 1 January 1967 and are thus nuclear weapons states under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. They also happen to be the UN Security Council 's (UNSC) permanent members with veto power on UNSC resolutions.
- Status of World Nuclear Forces - Federation of American ScientistsDespite progress in reducing nuclear weapon arsenals since the Cold War, the world’s combined inventory of nuclear warheads remains at a very high level: nine countries possessed roughly 12,121 warheads as of early-2024.
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