When Outlaws Get The Bomb
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North Korea is defiantly rushing to become the ninth country on earth to have the Bomb. President Bush has said the U.S. "will not tolerate" a nuclear North Korea, but containment may be the only viable option remaining
•Countries with nuclear weapons; Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) signatories
•Countries with the ability to develop nuclear weapons
•Countries with nuclear weapons; not NPT signatories •Argentina, Brazil, Chile
•South Africa
France
Britain Israel Unconfirmed arsenal Iran Suspected program Pakistan Russia
China
North Korea Testing weapons
India
•Indonesia, Australia The U.S. and Russia control most of the world's nuclear warheads. Those stockpiles are shrinking, but other countries are pursuing nuclear weapons Deployed nuclear weapons, in thousands 1950-2000 U.S. U.S.S.R/Russia Others
Estimated nuclear stockpiles, 2005
Russia 8,800 inactive 7,200 deployed U.S. 10,315
Est. warheads
China 410 France 350 Britain 200 Israel 100-170 India 75-110 Pakistan 50-110 North Korea Unknown
Russia has about 8,800 warheads in reserve or awaiting dismantling
In addition to the known nuclear powers, North Korea says it has nuclear weapons. Iran could be next
Sources: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Natural Resources Defense Council
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