What’s Behind The Curtain in The Nuke World


* Iran maintains that it is enriching uranium for civilian energy purposes only, but the International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has not been cooperating enough for the agency to verify whether the intent is solely for peaceful means. As a result, the U.N. Security Council and a number of Western nations have placed economic and arms-related sanctions on Iran.
COUNTRY
FIRST TEST
MOST RECENT TEST
TOTAL TESTS
ESTIMATED WARHEADS
1945
1992
1,054
7,650
1949
1990
715
8,420
1952
1991
45
225
1960
1996
210
300
1964
1996
45
240
1974
1998
6
80-100
1998
1998
6
90-110
2006
2013
3
Fewer than 10
No confirmed test
No confirmed test
No confirmed test
80
No confirmed test
No confirmed test
No confirmed test
0

Sources:CNN, Federation of American Scientists, CIA World Factbook, Nuclear Threat Initiative, U.S. Census Bureau

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