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15,000 nuclear weapons is enough to destroy the world many, many times over. At one point during the Cold War, there were as many as 70,000 nuclear weapons around the globe. Arms control agreements like the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START and New START) have helped bring the numbers down.

Approximately how many nuclear weapons are there in the world?  


The United States, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and unofficially, Israel, are the only nine countries that possess nuclear weapons. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which went into effect in 1970, is widely credited with preventing the mass spread of nuclear weapons.

The United States is the only country to have used a nuclear weapon in war. On August 6, the United States dropped an atomic bomb called “Little Boy” on Hiroshima, Japan. On August 9, 1945, the United States dropped another called “Fat Man” on Nagasaki. 60,000 to 80,000 people were killed in each city instantly, with the combined death toll rising to around 200,000 in the following days because of radiation.

Which country has used a nuclear weapon in a conflict?

In the United States, the president asserts sole authority to order the launch of nuclear weapons at any time, without checks from the other branches of government.

As currently designed, who joins the President in authorizing a nuclear strike?  


Ronald Reagan uttered these words in an address before the Japanese Diet in Tokyo in 1983, and again in his 1984 State of the Union address, during the final years of the Cold War. During his time in office, President Reagan formed a strong diplomatic partnership with Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev and set the two countries on a path to arms control agreements that put restraints and limits on the U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals.

Which President said “A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.”?

Russia, then the USSR, tested the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created, Tsar Bomba, on October 30, 1961. Tsar Bomba was the most powerful human-made explosion ever created, with a total test yield of 50 megatons (that’s 50 million tons of TNT!)

Which country tested the largest nuclear weapon?  


Since the dawn of the atomic age, nuclear weapons and their effects have made frequent pop culture appearances, including in blockbuster hits such as the Godzilla movies. In Tomorrow Never Dies, James Bond pilots two nukes away from the Russian border.

Which James Bond movie involves nuclear weapons?  


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