Understanding the History of Nuclear Weapons: Insights into the Nine Countries that possess them
Nine countries have roughly 12,100 nuclear warheads, with over 9,500 in active military stockpiles, according to the Federation of Atomic Scientists' 2024 State of the World’s Nuclear Forces. - At first, you have to know that Russia has the most confirmed nuclear weapons, with over 5,500 nuclear warheads. The United States follows behind with 5,044 nuclear weapons. - A single nuclear warhead could kill hundreds of thousands of people, with lasting and devastating humanitarian and environmental consequences. - At the dawn of the nuclear age, the United States hoped to maintain a monopoly on its new weapon, but the secrets and the technology for building the atomic bomb soon spread. The United States conducted its first nuclear test explosion in July 1945 and dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945. Read more: 3 reasons why America used the atomic bombs on Japan Just four years later, the Soviet Union conducted its ...
