China |
Known |
Yes |
Has 400 nuclear weapons and enough material for many more
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| Egypt |
None |
Yes |
Nuclear technology but no weapons
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| India |
Known |
No |
Has a small stockpile of nuclear weapons and may have enough plutonium for 100-150 warheads
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| Israel |
Known |
No |
Possesses only nuclear arsenal in the Middle East, 100 to 200 weapons deliverable by missile or aircraft
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| Iran |
Possibly Researching |
Yes |
Building nuclear power plant with Russian help; pursuing nuclear weapons
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| Iraq |
Possibly Researching |
Yes |
Was close to having nuclear bomb in early 1990s
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| Libya |
None |
Yes |
Has tried to get nuclear weapons since 1970s
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| Pakistan |
Known |
No |
Successfully tested nuclear device in 1998; now thought to have 35-50 warheads
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| North Korea |
Possible |
No |
May have enough plutonium for one or two nuclear weapons
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| Russia |
Known |
Yes |
Is cutting deployed strategic warheads to about 2,000; also has up to 8,000 tactical nukes
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| Sudan |
None |
Yes |
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| Syria |
None |
Yes |
Not pursuing nuclear weapons
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| United States |
Known |
Yes |
Reducing deployed strategic nuclear warheads to about 2,000; has more than 1,000 tactical nukes
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| Terrorist Groups |
Possible |
No |
Russia says it has foiled dozens of nuclear smuggling deals since the breakup of the U.S.S.R, but intelligence officials believe enough nuclear material has left Russia to make a bomb. It's also known that groups like al Qaeda have been seeking loose nukes since the mid-1990s
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