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Top 10 Countries with Nuclear Weapons

The top 10 nuclear weapons countries in the world have a deadly arsenal of weapons, which, of course is better off not used. To know who has what, we'll have a look at some details to compare the most powerful nations as far as nuclear weapons are concerned.

10 Unbelievable Facts About Nuclear Weapons
In order to maintain its nuclear arsenal, the United States of America spends $100 million everyday.
There are thousands of nuclear missiles that the US and Russia have on stand-by, also known as 'hair-trigger alert'. Once these missiles are launched, there is no way to recall them.
'Little Boy', which was dropped on Hiroshima and killed 140,000 people had a yield of 13 kilotons. Today's bombs can have a yield of 50,000 kilotons, or 50 megatons.
A 5 megaton bomb is the same as all the explosives put together that were used in World War II.
The US and Russia together possess more than 90% of the world's nuclear arsenal.
In the past 70 years, around 50 nuclear weapons have been lost, and still remain unaccounted for.
Over the decades, both the US and Russia have spent more than $5 trillion each on building nuclear weapons.
The US alone needs more than 15,000 square miles to maintain its nuclear bases and facilities.
Even if one is hidden in an underground bunker, surviving a nuclear attack still isn't 100% certain.
The amount of nuclear weapons the world possesses right now, is more than enough to wipe out mankind from the face of the earth, many times over.
Besides these top 10 nuclear weapons countries, there are a few countries like Iran, Iraq and Syria that are on the verge of realizing their nuclear dreams, though things are not very clear about them in this regard. Then there were a few countries who were considered nuclear powers earlier. Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine became nuclear powers when they inherited weapons due to the fall of the USSR, but they have given these weapons of mass destruction back to Russia and have joined the NPT. Lastly, countries such as South Africa, Argentina, South Korea, Libya, Brazil and Taiwan have all had nuclear weapon programs earlier, but have shelved them eventually due to varied reasons.

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