Which countries have nuclear weapons and where are they located?

The USA and Russia have more than a thousand nuclear weapons. But there are other states with similar weapons. About them – in the material.

According to the authors of the article, Russia and the United States have several thousand nuclear weapons. And most are five or more times more powerful than those used in Japan in 1945. Such types of weapons in these countries include intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and aircraft-launched missiles. Many missiles also have nuclear warheads.

In addition, the nuclear arsenals of both countries contain several hundred short-range nuclear weapons. That is, such missiles are no longer covered by the Russia-US nuclear arms control agreement. For example, there are about 2,000 in Russia, which is about 10 times more than in the United States.

It is also estimated that about half of the 200 short-range American nuclear weapons are in Europe: Germany, Italy, Belgium, Turkey and the Netherlands. However, the United States itself does not confirm or deny this information.

Britain and France have their own nuclear weapons. There are only a few hundred of them: the French side has nuclear submarine-launched missiles, air-launched cruise missiles, and the UK only has ballistic submarine-launched missiles.

As for China, its arsenal is roughly on par with that of France and the United Kingdom. However, the number of nuclear weapons in the country is increasing rapidly.

Pakistan, Israel, India and North Korea also have nuclear weapons.