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Countries with Nuclear Weapons

Name all the countries that have ever possessed nuclear weapons.
Not counting countries that hold nuclear weapons under the control of another country
Source: Wikipedia
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South Africa
fireflyzebra
+91
Level 35
Aug 27, 2012
South Africa for the win!
aliberti68
+10
Level 54
Aug 27, 2012
me too!
MrMiyagi
+8
Level 17
Dec 4, 2012
Me three!
Ibi21
+6
Level 47
Mar 10, 2018
Me Four!
TheCrusher
+77
Level 72
Apr 13, 2018
Meow!
Ronan946
+9
Level 17
Apr 23, 2018
meow six then? I don't know!
CaoMaru
+7
Level 49
May 23, 2019
Meow, seven?
Morelando
+7
Level 69
Jun 4, 2019
meow eight apparently
GeoPhilia
+8
Level 57
Feb 25, 2020
MEOW, ONE MILLION SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND AND FORTY- TWO. Now Continue
Aeiou
+11
Level 53
Mar 8, 2020
Meow 1078043!
driehoek25
+5
Level 65
May 23, 2020
Meow 666
Jacktheguy
+32
Level 88
May 23, 2020
Alright, who let all these cats into the comment section?
JackintheBox
+4
Level 77
May 27, 2020
What is meow?
swaddle
+3
Level 40
Jan 10, 2021
Meow meow meow meow, meow meow, meow: meow meow. MEOW meow meow!
HeyItsMeJJ
+5
Level 60
Jun 3, 2021
@Jackinthebox

It's not what is meow.

It's why is meow.

hugopernia
+1
Level 55
Jun 22, 2021
Why meow? Because why not!

Meow

pandasrock858
+4
Level 54
Jul 1, 2021
To meow or not to meow? That is the question
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 57
Aug 28, 2021
Me. Ow.
QuizApe
+2
Level 65
Dec 6, 2021
Meow ∞
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 55
Dec 6, 2021
same
52k0nt0
+1
Level 40
Dec 6, 2021
mjau mjau
Happyfeet272
+1
Level 43
Dec 6, 2021
Meow, Meow, Meow. Meow. Meow... Meow.
LuigiDood227
+2
Level 64
Dec 6, 2021
Longest comment chain ever?

also meow

AverageLondoner
+1
Level 35
Dec 6, 2021
Meow is the answer, question, problem and solution. Meow is everything
Dimby
+5
Level 74
Dec 6, 2021
Did Chairman Meow bring nukes China?
hugopernia
+2
Level 55
Dec 6, 2021
Surprised to see this is still going!

Meow! Miau! Miaou! Miao! Miav!

sobek
+1
Level 45
Dec 8, 2021
M

Me

Meo

Meow

Meo

Me

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SirPhilippines
+1
Level 61
Dec 12, 2021
Woem
Mapenthusiast
+1
Level 39
Aug 20, 2022
Me ow
Adelie
+1
Level 51
Oct 17, 2022
mjau mjau mjau mjuaaa nyaa a
zachazach
+1
Level 40
Dec 9, 2022
meow 1078044
8AEM8
+2
Level 21
Nov 20, 2014
No Kidding
Remme9000
+3
Level 47
Mar 6, 2015
thx! ;-) (I would never have known that...)
DonTheLamplighter
+19
Level 84
Sep 25, 2016
Swing and a miss. Thought sure that Tuvalu used to have "the bomb". :-P
IXON009
+1
Level 40
Apr 13, 2018
Qué Pasa Amigos?
jonf
+1
Level 69
Apr 13, 2018
Me too
ander217
+2
Level 76
Apr 20, 2018
I got it by a total guess.
Lilhamster
+1
Level 43
Jun 8, 2021
u guys r funny xd
Minelaughter
+2
Level 24
Oct 19, 2021
India & Pakistan. Of course. I also thought there wasn't nukes in the Southern Hemisphere but I was wrong.
KoushikDas1978
+1
Level 37
Dec 6, 2021
South Africa is one that had nukes and also the former colonial belongings of France and UK also make them exist in both hemispheres.
AlmostAGenius
+2
Level 76
Sep 8, 2022
India and Pakistan are in the northern hemisphere...
zachazach
+2
Level 40
Dec 9, 2022
i thought there was never a country in Africa with big boom
driehoek25
+7
Level 65
Dec 6, 2021
The last Apartheid government got rid of them because they were afraid a black ruled government were going to take charge and did not trust them with nukes.
Coldyham
+10
Level 61
Dec 6, 2021
Probably a reasonable decision, given the chaos 'decolonisation' generally brought to African countries
OcraExtended
+1
Level 53
Dec 6, 2021
3 years later,... Me fifth
Coolkid1235
+2
Level 25
Dec 8, 2021
meow infinity + 1
slimpasty
+4
Level 64
Aug 28, 2022
like if you're still meowing in 2022
OptStudent
+71
Level 61
Aug 28, 2012
Ukraine is also a country that had nuclear weapons after the breakup of the soviet union. They gave them up eventually, though.
608gdk09
+35
Level 34
Dec 19, 2019
as well as belarus and kazakhstan
Nowaczek
+13
Level 36
Feb 5, 2020
Poland too
MalyJacus
+5
Level 53
Dec 6, 2021
There were nuclear weapons on Polish territory, but they were in no sense controlled by the Polish People's army directly. So no, Poland never had nuclear weapons.

You can argue about Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus, but short answer is no.

diavolo
+1
Level 35
Mar 16, 2022
you can't argue, and short answer is yes
ShievaAndGolly
+14
Level 55
May 25, 2021
Ukraine gave them to Russia in return for them not invading their land... you know how that turned out.
driehoek25
+3
Level 65
Dec 6, 2021
Ukraine could never take care of them, because financial reasons, they would have been neglected wich could have gone bad.
Tregog
+7
Level 33
Dec 7, 2021
I mean, all Russian invasions of Ukraine thus far have been justified, unlike other recent invasions (Late 1900s - Early 2000s). Despite the media painting it out as a, "Nazi invasion of Ukraine," it's completely neglecting the fact that Ukraine has genocided ethnic Russians, continues building military bases and bombs of Russian enemies on their Russian border, and in 2014 multiple votes held by the Crimean Parliament (Who were Ukrainian) came back with people in Crimea wanting to unify with Russia. 2014 only turned out to be an invasion because Ukraine wanted it to be one. If you actually look at other recent tensions you'll find China's invasions of Vietnam, USA's many invasions into the Middle East, etc.

Compared to that, Russia is quite chill. They are an incredibly opportunistic regime, but the US media paints them out to be much more of a monster, imperialist country than they actually are. I'm pretty sure the US has invaded more countries than Russia.

ddddan
+15
Level 79
Apr 13, 2022
This comment aged like ...
CooperBailey
+2
Level 21
May 11, 2022
LOL
SCP5000
+1
Level 48
Oct 23, 2022
I've been talking about how Russia will try to take over Ukraine for the last 6 years but nobody listened
DerMan4
+12
Level 34
Aug 28, 2012
How about the NATO shared nukes, between Belgium, Netherlands, France, etc.
JHAssassin
+27
Level 26
Aug 29, 2013
how about former soviet countries that had nuclear weapons
driehoek25
+1
Level 65
Dec 6, 2021
France does not share it nukes with it allies, USA does.
AUSCUBA
+12
Level 43
Aug 30, 2012
Belarus and Kazakhstan also had nuclear weapons at one time. Under NATO

Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy and Turkey have nuclear weapons.

Fantomas666
+7
Level 3
Sep 12, 2012
This is correct, although, as for germany, there were nuclear weapons on their territory, however they were not meant for the Germans to use them themselves (as a result of WWII, Germany wasn't allowed to posses and use Nuclear Weapons, same as Japan). Remember Germany was divided in 4 allied zones after the war, so in East Germany there probably were USSR Nuclear weapons at the time). As the allied forces startet withdrawing after the wall fell, they took the Nuclear Weapons with them. Regarding Italy I'm not sure, Belgium, The Netherlands and Turkey have US Nuclear Weapons, which they can use under NATO command. Ukraine, Kazachstan and Belarus used to have Nuclear Weapons at the time the USSR split up, this is correct also. They all should be added to this Quiz in my opinion, with the exeption or Germany and perhaps Italy (someting to investigate before altering).
Gyrenaica
+5
Level 35
Nov 20, 2014
Come to my nuclear quiz. It is much larger.
Kuta12
+3
Level 11
Sep 26, 2012
how did i forget pakistan? never would have guessed israel.
JHAssassin
+21
Level 26
Aug 29, 2013
NEVER? look at israel now, they are a threat to arab
smartcookie17
+48
Level 45
Jun 20, 2014
Uh... it's the other way around. They are surrounded by people who hate them.
kalbahamut
+32
Level 83
Nov 20, 2014
Israel is no threat to its neighbors except that their neighbors are all bent on the destruction of Israel. This makes Israel a threat... sort of in the same way that keeping an unloaded handgun in a locked and secure case and some bullets in a drawer in the next room is a threat to your well being if you have suicidal tendencies.
Tecumseh94
+27
Level 49
Nov 22, 2014
I am pretty damn sure Israel is a threat to Palestinians.
kalbahamut
+12
Level 83
Nov 24, 2014
It's hard to say what someone means when they say Palestinians, but in any case, what I said still stands.
tuub
+12
Level 23
Aug 16, 2015
Both are threats to eachother. Yes alot of neighbouring nations want Isreal gone, or at least they wanted to. On the other hand, saying that Israel is no threat to its neighbours is redicilous aswell as Israel has and still atttacks its neighbourgs on various occasions while those neighbours have not attacked Israel recently at all.
kalbahamut
+20
Level 83
Sep 25, 2016
@tuub, when has Israel attacked any of its neighbors in aggression and not defense or retaliation? The closest example I can think of to that is 1956 when Israel conspired with Britain and France to seize the Sinai and Suez from Egypt; though that was in response to Egypt's nationalization of the Sinai and blocking Israeli shipping which could be seen as an act of aggression, and the Americans forced Israel to give back the Sinai and the British to back down. It also hardly is indicative of a willingness by Israel to use nuclear weapons to utterly destroy an enemy; whereas many of Israel's neighbors have expressed a desire to utterly destroy Israel.
kalbahamut
+13
Level 83
Sep 25, 2016
and what do you mean by "recently?" The last rocket fired from Gaza at Israel landed last month.
stromae
+11
Level 69
Sep 25, 2016
They are surrounded by people who hate them because they made themselves hated. Who decides to come onto someone's country, rename it and take power over it, while oppressing the original citizens? not to mention, legally, palestinians should have some land, but there are over 150 israeli settlements on their LEGAL land. this is why people hate them.
Salz
+16
Level 55
Sep 25, 2016
There was never a country called "Palestine". Therefore Israel couldn't have "stolen" it.
ander217
+11
Level 76
Sep 25, 2016
"Who decides to come onto someone's country, rename it and take power over it, while oppressing the original citizens?" Stromae, you could fill a book with people or nations who did that - oh, wait, someone did fill a book - it's called History of the World. The book just keeps getting larger.
tshalla
+13
Level 74
Sep 25, 2016
Kalbahamut, reading from the Israeli Apologist Playbook. I think he missed chapter 7. Other than that, I think he has it all covered. Stick to trivia and leave historical analysis to the less glossy-eyed.
kalbahamut
+9
Level 83
Sep 25, 2016
tshalla I'm sorry you are confused about this.
tshalla
+13
Level 74
Sep 25, 2016
Not confused in the least. You've trotted out just about every tired excuse for Israeli apartheid there is.
joeythelemur
+13
Level 85
Sep 25, 2016
tshalla, you haven't refuted anything that kalbahamut said. Does teaching children to hate all Jews and swear their destruction count as a kind of "apartheid"? The entire culture surrounding Israel is bent on their destruction.
tshalla
+15
Level 74
Sep 25, 2016
No, that would not be apartheid. It would be something else awful. When we use terms like terrorism, we have to use them consistently - applying them equally to all relevant cases. When we talk of things like apartheid and fascism, we conjure particular historical cases. If there's an analogy to be made to those cases, inevitably there will be significant differences, but there must be something essential that connects a case to the historical cases we're using for comparison. One example: when I was at Yad Vashem I was captivated by the display about the Warsaw ghetto. I was struck years later by the similarities between that walled/fenced, racially-demaracated neighbourhood and the new Israeli wall separating Palestinians in the West Bank from each other and Israel (to say nothing of the prison that is Gaza). The language justifying the walls in Poland and Palestine is eerily similar. Fascism, in any form, bothers me anywhere. Does it only bother you in certain cases?
kalbahamut
+10
Level 83
Sep 26, 2016
you're so confused you don't realize you are confused, which is why attempting to have a conversation is pointless. So I can only express my regret and sympathy. I haven't said anything that was meant to excuse anything, I've only stated pretty plain and uninteresting facts. Also I don't think you know what the word apologetics means.
tshalla
+7
Level 74
Sep 27, 2016
Basic principle: declare some criteria by which your terms are to be judged and then apply these equally in all cases. Anything short of this will quickly descend into apologetics. This'll be tough for an Americo-phile, but try.
kalbahamut
+8
Level 83
Oct 2, 2016
Point out one instance where I've applied unequal standards to anyone. I'm guessing the problem here is in your biased perception. You seem to assume an awful lot of intentions or prejudices that I do not have. Have you ever stopped to think that maybe you see others as biased because YOU are biased? Of course not. :P Prove any instance where I've been inconsistent and if I see the comment I will admit it and thank you for pointing it out. Throw insults without any proof and I'll continue not taking you seriously.

Also I am not a patriot or a nationalist. I respond to bigots who are unfairly prejudiced against or critical of the USA or Israel. Because there are so many of these people, it might appear like I am in favor of or especially enamored with these countries. I'm not. I left the US almost a decade ago and have no intention of going back. Israel is a fascinating place but I'd never want to live there and don't support the idea of countries based on religions.

tuub
+6
Level 23
Nov 4, 2016
@kalbahamut,

How about its recent actions (see airstrikes) in Syria and Lebanon?

The neighbours of Israel never expressed a desire to utterly destroy Israel, they only expressed such desire to its government and its status as a country, not the country itself.

On top of that i do not think the history should be forgotten in this matter. Israel, or Jewish settlers back in the day, contributed massively to the hatred that Palestinians, Arabs and many others feel today when they look at Israel. The current Israëli government, nor any Israëli government over the past years have done anything to settle relations with Palestine or with its neighbours. In fact, the amount of countries criticizing Israel on its policy regarding its neighbours, especially Palestine, is only increasing in recent years and will continue as long as they keep following such agressive policy and as long as they refuse to make peace with their neighbours.

Bernard62601
+5
Level 78
Apr 21, 2017
Israel is very secret in their war against the Arab world. They support and orchestrate the overthrow of secular regimes, such as in Libya, Syria, and Iraq. They then have their giant puppet (USA) go in and destroy those nations.
kalbahamut
+13
Level 83
Apr 13, 2018
tuub: I'll be honest I haven't been closely following recent current events like I usually do; but then I guess it doesn't matter as I see your comment was left 2 years ago and I don't feel like going back to see what exactly was going on that week.

Israel's neighbors never expressed a desire to destroy Israel (the country), only to destroy it's status as a country? How does that make sense? I guess... you could say that some of Israel's neighbors have *merely* expressed their hellbent intent to commit wholesale genocide against all the *people* of Israel.. so... that might be comforting to the rocks there? Iran did mention wanting to wipe Israel off the map. That could be interpreted as a threat to the geography, though I'm sure you're right and they only meant it metaphorically- ending Israeli sovereignty, destroying it's democracy and government, rounding up and murdering all of its citizens, demolishing its history. Don't know why Israelis would feel threatened by that.

kalbahamut
+11
Level 83
Apr 13, 2018
I also don't think history should be forgotten. Not so much because it's actually relevant to the best course of action today- I don't believe that it is- but rather because the history of the region is so heavily politicized and mythologized and spun in to so many false narratives that are used to justify actions and political agendas today that it is useful to know the true history to try and deconstruct some of those narratives.

If you believe that hatred of Jews and Israelis is entirely justified and the conflict is all one-sided, then I humbly submit that you do not know your history very well. I'm not saying that Israelis are without fault; I'm not saying that forming religious ethno-states is a good idea; but I am saying the history is not nearly as simple or one-sided as your comment implies you believe it is. And hatred of Jews amongst Muslims goes back to the time of Muhammad, well before there was an Israel.

kalbahamut
+16
Level 83
Apr 13, 2018
Believing that the United States is a puppet of Israel is a sure sign of extreme ignorance.
Maladroit
+4
Level 52
Apr 13, 2018
Of course, all of this discussion neglects the evidence for an Israeli conquest of Palestine at some point between 2000 and 1000 BC (http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2007/05/Extra-Biblical-Evidence-for-the-Conquest.aspx#Article).
kalbahamut
+5
Level 83
Apr 13, 2018
Aesthus: there is pretty good evidence that a Jewish kingdom of some sort existed in Israel/Palestine at some point in ancient history, and there is even good evidence that there was a real King David. However, evidence for Moses and Joshua and their conquest of Canaan as described in the book of Joshua really is non-existent. Israelis have looked very hard to find such evidence and have in the end had to admit that in all likelihood Moses was a myth.

But... whether Moses, Joshua (probably no), David, and Solomon (probably yes) were real or not, does that have some bearing on the discussion about Israel being a threat to its neighbors? Or you were just saying that Jews were there before Arabs?

mrnafe
+11
Level 81
Apr 14, 2018
Wouldn't much fancy having Hezbollah and Hamas for neighbours.
qcumber
+9
Level 46
Oct 17, 2018
Uh, guys, Israel was completely willing to give Palestine way more land than now in the original 1948 agreement. The PALESTINIANS rejected it. The palestinians in Israel can become teachers, politicians, judges, etc., but israelis in muslim countries are non-existent. Israel has done its best to keep innocent palestinians from harm in the Gaza Strip by telling them to get out of the way before they target terrorist hideouts. The palestinian terrorists, on the other hand, for innocents to be near their hideouts, to be in harms way. The palestinian terrorists dig tunnels to kill jews in Israel, and launch rockets to kill as many people as possible. It is the MUSLIMS of the middle east who want the jews to die, and the jews were there first. Even christians were there before muslims. So no, they dont have rights to that land. Even if they did, Israel has been more than fair in trying to negotiate with them. They are getting themselves killed. They want everyone else to die.
qcumber
+2
Level 46
Oct 17, 2018
Guys, the israelites conquered CANAANITES, not palestinians. Even if they were related, they were different people they kicked out a very long time ago.
AlexThirkell
+9
Level 73
Apr 6, 2020
I think Cyprus is in Europe.
qcumber
+5
Level 46
May 15, 2020
I would like to point the thousands of murders that palestinians commit near Gaza, and that's not even talking about using women and children as shields, launching rockets at civilians, among other things. Maybe most palestinians don't want to attack, but the terrorists residing within Gaza do. I know this because I have jewish friends who go to Israel occasionally and i've talked with them about it (for a research project).
qcumber
+3
Level 46
May 15, 2020
@aethus from what I understand of history, Palestinians moved in after the jewish diaspora, meaning the canaanites from around Moses's time were different people.
qcumber
+2
Level 46
May 15, 2020
Oops, forgot I was involved in this conversation two years ago. Now I look silly.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 83
May 23, 2020
qcumber: no worries, though, your understanding of the history here seems pretty basic and I wouldn't believe everything your friends tell you who visit Israel occasionally. The history of the region is fascinating, though, so if you're interested I'd recommend reading about it. Preferably something from historians without any agenda or axe to grind (can be hard to find those sometimes particularly on this topic), not biased nationalists of any variety.
anayasser
+6
Level 69
May 23, 2020
@kalbahamut Israel is a threat not only to Palestinians, but to the whole middle east area. It's a made up country by the west in the area. Please read more before sharing your arrogant propaganda (which you've been doing for 6 years straight now).
kalbahamut
+8
Level 83
May 23, 2020
:) I'm quite well read on this subject. I'm not going to presume that you need to read more (that would be a bit arrogant?), but you are the one sharing propaganda. All countries are made up. "The West" had little to do with the invention of this one. But it is part of anti-Israeli propaganda to imply that Israel is not a legitimate country but somehow a foreign colonization or occupation of lands rightly owned by Muslims. This is false. Also irrelevant to the level of threat posed by the country. The biggest impediment to peace in the Middle East is tribalistic misinformation like the above, which makes coexistence unthinkable and negotiations impossible.
Tregog
+3
Level 33
Dec 7, 2021
None one here is exactly wrong. Israel IS a threat to the middle east and the middle east IS a threat to Israel. Israel's people's religious hold on their land is extreme as all hell and they're literally taught in school to hate all Muslims. Haven't done enough research into countries like Jordan, but I'm sure they're taught to hate all Israeli's. Israel is a high-tech nation with incredibly powered armed forces, meaning it could kill thousands of Muslim people (and would), but it could never take over the middle east because then it'd be majority Muslim which the country can't have due to stability reasons.
JHAssassin
+2
Level 26
Jul 2, 2014
its both alright?
lmiller
+7
Level 31
Apr 18, 2018
Israel are a threat to its neighbours? Good. Because if they weren't, they would all be slaughtered. Israel send missiles to take out Hamas and Hezbollah? Good. This makes the world a safer place. Israeli settlers settle the West Bank? Good. This will help them protect themselves. Israel cooperates with US intentions in the region? Great. Better than Russia/China/Iran. Israelis build a wall between themselves and the Palestinians? Great. This means they can live in peace.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 83
Apr 19, 2018
"Israeli settlers settle the West Bank? Good. This will help them protect themselves."

What? This will help whom protect themselves? The Israelis? How? It antagonizes people and puts many Israelis in danger. I don't necessarily agree with all your other statements though I could at least follow your logic. I don't get this one at all, though.

qcumber
+5
Level 46
Oct 17, 2018
actually, Israel only wants 5% of the West Bank and to leave the rest as Palestine. Palestine wants 100% of Israel and genocide.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 83
May 23, 2020
depends on which Israeli you talk to. There's no uniform opinion amongst Israelis about this. And bear in mind the term "Israelis" includes Jewish ultra-nationalists, religious nuts and extremists of both Jewish and Muslim varieties, secular Jews who are Jewish by ethnicity only, those who made aliyah to Israel and those who were born in the country, Muslims, Christians, atheists, pacifists, war-mongers and hard-liners, those who identify as "Palestinian," ultra-Orthodox Jews committed to bringing about the end days and summoning the Jewish messiah, other ultra-Orthodox Jews who are opposed to Zionism entirely and believe that Israel should not exist, and others. Israel is a diverse place and those with Israeli citizenship embody this fact.
driehoek25
+1
Level 65
Dec 6, 2021
They shot Kennedy because he wanted to check upon them if they were making nukes.
Nytebreid
+2
Level 38
Dec 23, 2012
HOW did I get South Africa and miss Pakistan?!?
kalbahamut
+2
Level 83
Jan 8, 2013
got all the ones that still have them in a flash.... took me a while to get South Africa. I had no idea that they used to have nukes. I guessed every West European country, every former SSR and Soviet client state, and pretty much every other British commonwealth country before I got to South Africa.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Feb 14, 2013
You should make this quiz 1 minute.
SundarIsaacs
+1
Level 59
Jun 10, 2016
Agree.
Doogle
+1
Level 22
Aug 15, 2013
3:32 mins to spare.
Gyrenaica
+1
Level 35
Feb 24, 2014
3:46 HAHA!
Tristian363
+1
Level 47
Oct 8, 2014
3:48 HAHA!
DeusCaritasEst
+10
Level 55
Nov 15, 2015
1:29! HA HA HA! Wait....
Pandora49
+1
Level 55
Mar 23, 2020
5:07!
carlonian
+1
Level 66
Dec 6, 2021
42:69 heha
Gyrenaica
+2
Level 35
Dec 9, 2013
Come and check out my nuclear countries quiz. It is bigger and way better
Pandora49
+1
Level 55
Mar 23, 2020
Link please!!
Gyrenaica
+2
Level 35
Mar 13, 2014
AND! Madagascar. They just don't have the equipment to use it. They used to be a strong economy country. Then they built a nuke and the only thing the nuked destroyed was their economy. They asked France to take it, but France said no.
Kamibito
+1
Level 8
Mar 25, 2014
How about iran? they've been on the news for a nuclear program...
tuub
+2
Level 23
Aug 16, 2015
Iran doesn't have nuclear weapons nor is there any proof at all that they are even thinking of making any. Yes politicians and media cry out loud that Iran wants to build nukes but even the CIA and the Mossad admitted openly that those claims where just fairytales and that there has been no proof of such things.

The Nuclear Program of Iran is one of peacefull purposes, think of electricity and medical stuff.

kalbahamut
+4
Level 83
Jul 7, 2018
Iran doesn't have nuclear weapons but you'd have to be brain dead to think that their nuclear program wasn't about making weapons. They are sitting on some of the largest oil reserves in the world. They have among the largest natural gas reserves in the world. They also have considerable geothermal energy production. Iran is one of the world's top energy exporters and they also sell off huge amounts of surplus electricity because their current power plants produce so much more than they need. The "medical stuff" excuse also does not hold up under even minimal scrutiny. And you think we believe in fairy tales?
joeythelemur
+4
Level 85
Sep 25, 2016
tuub, do you really believe that? "nor is their any proof at all that they are even thinking of making any" is demonstrably false. "the CIA and Mossad admitted openly that those claims were just fairytales"; link please? They say regularly that they believe the Iranians are working on a bomb.
tuub
+2
Level 23
Nov 4, 2016
joeythelemur, So you believe that you have more evidence than most intelligence agencies around the world? I'd like to see that if you don't mind.

Here are some sources:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/world/middleeast/us-agencies-see-no-move-by-iran-to-build-a-bomb.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/23/leaked-spy-cables-netanyahu-iran-bomb-mossad

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/02/leaks-netanyahu-misled-iran-nuclear-programme-guardian-iran-nuclear-speech-2012-150218165622065.html

https://www.rt.com/news/mossad-iran-nuclear-programme-851/

The entire reason why western media have been whining about it is because Iran is not a pro-western country. In fact, now that a deal has been reached, how much of that whining do you still hear? Pretty much nothing even though the deal has changed Iran's nuclear program in any way.

kalbahamut
+3
Level 83
Jul 7, 2018
The Western world is concerned about the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran because the country is led by religious zealots who have expressed a desire to commit genocide, because they are a known state sponsor of terrorism, and also because they are belligerent and act as a rogue nation. It's perfectly reasonable to not want such countries to have such weapons.

There's also this thing called the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

RockmanYoshi
+3
Level 53
Oct 5, 2018
kalbahamut - sounds like Israel and Saudi Arabia to me, pal.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Nov 8, 2018
Rockman- then you are someone else who can't be taken seriously, though be that as it may Saudi Arabia does not have and is not pursuing nuclear weapons.
3NRD
+1
Level 41
Nov 14, 2022
tuub

you link to propaganda that insults common sense

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listening to an expert during a tour of Tehran's research reactor center on February 15, 2012 (AFP Photo) © AFP

. . .

Iran insists on the utterly peaceful character of its nuclear program and promises not to give it up at any cost.

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TheMightyQ
+2
Level 78
May 20, 2014
Is it bad that I got all of them with 3:39 left because of the really, REALLY old Youtube video End of Ze World? xD
DasCreamy109
+1
Level 48
Nov 4, 2017
Hey, at least you have the knowledge. ;)
CaoMaru
+1
Level 49
May 22, 2018
I got it that way too.....
BobSaget
+3
Level 79
Nov 20, 2014
On the upside, these are all stable democracies, so we have nothing to worry about.
Sulps
+2
Level 57
Nov 20, 2014
North Korea
kalbahamut
+6
Level 83
Nov 20, 2014
and Pakistan. I think he was probably joking.
Ferri
+1
Level 46
Jul 11, 2022
Aged well
SpeedyCar
+1
Level 12
Nov 20, 2014
Easy! Did it with 1:54 to spare
JoseMiguel
+1
Level 7
Nov 20, 2014
nice quiz
robertgallacher
+3
Level 17
Nov 20, 2014
Please accept Democratic People's Repuloc of Korea, and DPRK, as it is it's official name
DasCreamy109
+6
Level 48
Nov 4, 2017
Or you can make it easier on yourself and call it North Korea.
lmiller
+3
Level 31
Apr 18, 2018
Yes- it's an insult to democracy to call North Korea 'democratic'-regardless of their official name.
Jacktheguy
+7
Level 88
May 23, 2020
But from a typing perspective it's much easier to use DPRK instead of North Korea.
Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 56
May 7, 2022
DPRK's accepted by standard now anyways.
ThirdParty
+3
Level 45
Nov 24, 2014
Am I the only one who used Tom Lehrer's "Who's Next?" song to find most of them? (I know people use his "Elements" song on the Elements quiz.)
James32
+4
Level 28
Dec 24, 2014
Quizmaster - (Maybe Iraq too. Oh wait.)

I do wish there was a like button on this site.

JoshPen
+17
Level 78
Jan 22, 2015
Well, in a way, Japan possessed two atomic bombs for a short period.
eric29cocoanuts
+8
Level 78
Sep 25, 2016
Not even a little bit funny.
CosaNostra
+9
Level 29
Sep 27, 2016
I thought it was.
SlantedState
+1
Level 41
May 30, 2017
Ha - ha
jkabq
+1
Level 60
Apr 17, 2018
har har.
akwildrose
+1
Level 52
Apr 25, 2015
I bet there are more than that who have them, but haven't acknowledged it.
beccimoo
+1
Level 57
Nov 8, 2015
Hmm, I wonder why it's not acknowledged that Israel has..... relax, folks, it's just satire.
SundarIsaacs
+1
Level 59
Jun 10, 2016
1% didn't get USA!!!
DanielJS
+1
Level 55
May 7, 2022
The USA was the only country I missed! I had plenty of time left and was typing in random countries trying to get the last one!
Grafakos
+1
Level 35
Jun 13, 2016
Got 100%. South Africa was a lucky guess - I didn't actually know that they ever had nuclear weapons.
Soph1
+1
Level 48
Sep 25, 2016
Libya had them until recently. Was only public knowledge when ISIS were steering towards their territory and they had them and the UN or US got them moved to Germany apparently to be destroyed.
Stanke
+1
Level 30
Oct 20, 2016
Easy
FilipinoAmericaBall
+1
Level 44
Dec 28, 2016
In 30 seconds. But, I must ask, how did 1% of people not get the USA?
ander217
+2
Level 76
Apr 20, 2018
Maybe got interrupted and didn't finish the quiz? Or maybe, like I sometimes do, thought they'd already typed it.
LifeIsLikeA
+1
Level 38
Jan 4, 2017
Ukrine? After declaring thier independence from the Soviet Union, they were immediately propelled to third place in their number of nukes. They then gave them all back to Russia.
kenpo17
+3
Level 66
Sep 22, 2017
I came to post this too, but I'm guessing they fall under the disclaimer "Not counting countries that hold nuclear weapons under the control of another country."
lightbulb75
+1
Level 18
Mar 26, 2017
Uh ive no idea whether israel is a threat or whatever...but what i do know is that their intelligence is one among the finest in the world...good quiz b/w;)
MathPerson
+4
Level 33
Aug 19, 2017
I got them all except for the United States. I am so stupid.
Ronan946
+2
Level 17
Apr 23, 2018
so that was the 1% without the USA!!!
CHEESELWEESEL
+1
Level 65
Nov 12, 2017
How tf did i forget China?
B1E1Nj
+5
Level 31
Nov 16, 2017
Ukraine should also be on this list, as they had the third highest amount after gaining independence, but they decommissioned all of them.
GeographyGeek42
+2
Level 66
Apr 14, 2018
Kazakhstan and Belarus had some as well.
nonexistent
+1
Level 45
Jan 19, 2018
This was a question on one of our social-studies/history/geography tests back in 9th grade
Gonagi
+1
Level 21
Apr 13, 2018
The moment I attended the quiz, I quit the quiz. I must admit I did it because the quiz was not so nice.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 83
Apr 13, 2018
So who is it that stuck around and visited the comments section?
markasol
+2
Level 75
Apr 13, 2018
'countries that have ever posessed'... I remember one that had so many there was a 40 year stand-off required to face down the threat. USSR anyone?
mikeb
+1
Level 66
Apr 18, 2018
Yes. And this country is considered distinct from Russia on other quizzes (e.g. Olympic medal winners).
ander217
+1
Level 76
May 23, 2020
That was the first one I tried.
Kazinator16
+2
Level 37
Apr 14, 2018
What a guess I got South Africa

I was just spamming big powerful countries until I got it right

GeographyGeek42
+2
Level 66
Apr 14, 2018
Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan all had nuclear weapons after the fall of the USSR in 1991. Belarus had 81, Kazakhstan had 1,400 and Ukraine had over 5,000. Kazakhstan gave them up in 1995, and Ukraine and Belarus gave them up in 1996. You should add them.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 15, 2018
Read the description again.
Djilas
+3
Level 81
Apr 30, 2020
It looks like Quizmaster is right, the nuclear weapons were located in Ukraine, but they weren't able to use them:

While Ukraine had physical control of the weapons, it did not have operational control of the weapons as they were dependent on Russian-controlled electronic Permissive Action Links and the Russian command and control system.

kalbahamut
+9
Level 83
Apr 15, 2018
Ukraine returned theirs to Russia as part of a deal where Russia promised to always respect Ukrainian sovereignty.

They should have kept the nukes.

Ronan946
+1
Level 17
Apr 23, 2018
and then make Russia go boom boom
VelikyNovgorod4
+1
Level 41
Feb 4, 2019
I would have kept some and give the rest to the US. I don't trust what Russia or China does one bit.
CaoMaru
+3
Level 49
May 23, 2019
I don't trust most countries in the world, but it seems that out of the more powerful ones, Russia, China, and the USA are especially untrustworthy, and to be honest, evil at times.
camus
+2
Level 77
May 23, 2020
I wonder which powerful country has ever been, or could ever be, "trustworthy".
kalbahamut
+3
Level 83
May 27, 2020
The countries with the strongest and most stable political or democratic institutions, with low levels of corruption, a strong rule of law, and positive diplomatic and trade relations with the majority of other countries in the world could be considered more trustworthy than others. But any country's leadership can take a turn for the worse and this can happen very quickly and unexpectedly. See... the US going from Obama to Trump. Or the rise of Hitler, Mussolini, Khomeini or Castro. But the Obama -> Trump transition is arguably the most remarkable downgrade in leadership quality in modern world history, both in its severity and rapidity.

Best solution to this problem would probably be to make it so NO country has nuclear weapons. They are too dangerous to keep around anywhere.

camus
+1
Level 77
Jul 29, 2020
Obviously. But many people apply false equivalencies because no one meets their highest ethical standards.
cyanidecarrot
+4
Level 32
May 3, 2018
India has nukes
kalbahamut
+2
Level 83
Jul 7, 2018
and?
CaoMaru
+1
Level 49
May 22, 2018
Maybe the USSR should be included in this quiz, alongside Russia. It would be listed as a country that formerly had nuclear weapons.
Gassu
+2
Level 71
Oct 29, 2018
Nucular, not nuclear!
Pandora49
+1
Level 55
Mar 23, 2020
Oh, I get it!
JoeRay
+2
Level 53
Feb 3, 2019
So glad South Africa stopped their nuclear program... Imagine what can happen in such a weak, under-developed country... Would probably be worse than Pakistan...
smartguy2
+4
Level 66
Feb 4, 2019
Well South Africa isn't really that under developed. However, good job to them for giving up nukes.
Eigengrau
+3
Level 60
May 23, 2020
When has Pakistan misused nuclear weapons?
AbhishekNS
+4
Level 55
Jun 23, 2020
Pakistan did help North Korea in their nuclear projects. Moreover, nukes are not safe in the hands of a state where military has very high influence.
furqanahmad
+2
Level 28
Feb 8, 2021
lmao keep dreaming indian
JWatson24
+1
Level 71
May 11, 2022
Pakistan may not have misused nuclear weapons yet, but @Abhishek has a point. A country that is highly prone to coups and political crises is not the best place to have nukes. Moreover, it's a misuse of funds. Pakistan has a pretty weak economy and much of the money the Pakistani government used to develop nuclear weapons could have been invested elsewhere. In contrast, India might not be the richest country but overall it still is wealthier and has a much stronger economy than Pakistan, so it has the money to develop nukes without compromising its development.
TamuAudwodia
+1
Level 66
Feb 4, 2019
Ukraine and Kazakhstan technically had nukes, but they gave them to Russia as an agreement that Russia would not be military aggressive towards them... well look at Ukraine now
QuizTaDa
+1
Level 51
Mar 11, 2019
Ukraine hasn't been touched by Russia, except for the south Island but it's Ukraine's again now so.
kalbahamut
+6
Level 83
Jun 2, 2019
the "south island?" What island? Do you mean the Crimean Peninsula? Crimea (internationally recognized as part of Ukraine) has been officially annexed by the Russian Federation. It is NOT back in Ukrainian hands, far from it. Further, large sections of Eastern Ukraine have been under occupation by Russian or Russian-aligned forces, under the guise of a civil war, since 2014, notably including the large city of Donetsk, and previously Kharkiv. You apparently do not know what you're talking about.
Djilas
+1
Level 81
Apr 30, 2020
Donetsk and Luhansk are the two major separatist cities. Kharkiv was only very briefly touched by that.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
May 23, 2020
which is why I said Donetsk is currently occupied and Khakiv previously was. I mentioned those two because they are both among the largest cities in Ukraine. Luhansk is smaller.
Dollyfroggy
+3
Level 56
May 7, 2022
This comment didn't age well.
HinesBrothersFan
+1
Level 28
May 22, 2019
3:31
GloryToTheEmpire
+1
Level 28
Jul 18, 2019
ukraine used to have nukes until they gave it to (at that time) the Ussr in a treaty
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Jul 28, 2019
Israel and Palestine: A perfect example of the heirs of two brothers (Isaac and Ishmael) in a constant feud over their inheritance and who is entitled to the spoils.
ander217
+2
Level 76
May 23, 2020
Not all Arabs descend only from Ishmael. According to the Bible, Abraham had six sons with his second wife, Keturah. Some scholars believe Keturah was actually Hagar whom he married after Sarah's death, but others believe she was a different woman. Although Abraham left everything to Isaac after he died, he gave gifts to his other sons before his death, and Isaac and Ishmael together buried their father. (Gen. 25:1-10) Also, Ishmael's daughter Mahalath was the third wife of Isaac's son, Esau, so it doesn't seem that the family was estranged. (Gen. 28:9) I don't know what the Quran says about Abraham's descendants. Maybe someone else here will answer that question.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
May 23, 2020
There are several different religious traditions that hold Isaac was the progenitor of the "Jewish race" and Ishmael/Ismail the progenitor of the "Arab race." Muslims traditionally believe that Ibrahim took his son Ismail, fathered by his wife (not servant or concubine) Hagar, into the desert and there built a house for Allah, the Kabaa. They even say you can still see his footprints eternalized in the stone of Mecca, so they've got hard evidence .... of course in reality these stories are fairy tales without any basis in fact. The first Hebrews became a distinct ethnicity somewhere in the Levant some 3000+ years ago. "Arab" was a blanket term used to describe any of the desert-dwelling nomads who lived beyond the edge of civilization on the Arabian peninsula. Several hundred years after the Muslim conquest of the Middle East and North Africa, pan-Arabism became a thing and all these many different subjugated peoples started identifying as Arabs.
MojoSlow
+1
Level 51
Nov 21, 2019
Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Ukraine held possession of nuclear weapons after the breakup of the USSR. They did however sell them back to Russia.
GeographyMaster6
+1
Level 37
Apr 22, 2020
I don't know how I got every thing but North Korea.
Gabisolarboy
+2
Level 52
May 5, 2020
Hey, the Marshall Islands has a nuclear bomb. Sure, it wasn’t theirs and it was blown up but still.
ritan
+1
Level 47
May 6, 2020
Omg I forgot China :D
JohnnyYeet
+3
Level 56
May 15, 2020
Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Ukraine also used to have Nukes. And under the NPT, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands get Nukes belonging to other countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons

Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
May 15, 2020
Read the caveats and other comments please.
Daan
+2
Level 43
May 23, 2020
Where is Iran with unacknowledged Weapons
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
May 23, 2020
Iran does not have nuclear weapons.
canadry
+1
Level 67
May 25, 2020
iRaN wiTh uNaCKnOLeDgEd wEaPOnS :P
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
May 27, 2020
how does paint taste?
Devvik2
+1
Level 68
May 23, 2020
Mac212121 is currently #21
JohnnyYeet
+4
Level 56
May 23, 2020
Please add Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Ukraine in former states with nukes plz.
maple
+1
Level 53
Jun 6, 2020
darn it i didnt know that south africa had nuclear weapons
FatSpartanJediLlama
+2
Level 64
Aug 3, 2020
Wow I didn't know about South Africa
syphus590
+2
Level 29
Feb 19, 2021
same
parkave
+1
Level 57
Jan 29, 2021
Wouldn't former soviet states count?
syphus590
+1
Level 29
Feb 19, 2021
0:29

Scoring

You scored 10/10 = 100%

26.8% of test takers also scored 100%

The average score is 8

Your high score is 10

Your fastest time is 3:31

wow first try :>

zBlur
+1
Level 47
Oct 4, 2021
South Africa is on here wow, wasn't expecting that
MiecraftMan
+1
Level 59
Oct 5, 2021
Letter U Scavenger Hunt Answer (see my blog)
Saftra
+1
Level 53
Oct 31, 2021
South Africa doesnt have nukes it was FORMER
EvanAviator
+5
Level 58
Dec 6, 2021
yeah it literally says that
JWatson24
+1
Level 71
Dec 6, 2021
The sad thing is, these nations probably won't ever give up their nuclear weapons. There was a treaty a few years ago calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Even though it had tons of support among developing countries, absolutely none of the nuclear powers or members of NATO (who support the nuclear capabilities of the US/UK/France) signed it. Just check out this map.
elcampeador
+1
Level 74
Jun 2, 2022
It's a bit disingenuous for a country incapable of developing nuclear weapons signing a treaty to ban them
3NRD
+1
Level 41
Sep 25, 2022
It's a bit disingenuous for a person incapable of throwing a hand grenade, voting to ban their sale to children?

Why would they want otherwise.

DiscoBlitz
+1
Level 39
Dec 6, 2021
former states are also belarus, ukraine and kazakhstan
firee
+1
Level 35
Dec 7, 2021
3.41 ez
KTo288
+1
Level 48
May 20, 2022
For a couple of months Ukraine had the third biggest arsenal of nukes in the world
elcampeador
+1
Level 74
Jun 2, 2022
Including South Africa and not the former USSR countries is inconsistent.
NadavHartman
+1
Level 51
Jun 17, 2022
I almost forgot North Korea LOL
Pilkarz1973
+1
Level 4
Jul 14, 2022
You scored 10/10 = 100%

27.7% of test takers also scored 100%

The average score is 8

Your high score is 10

Your fastest time is 2:39

cmr0
+1
Level 66
Sep 11, 2022
You scored 10/10 = 100%

27.7% of test takers also scored 100%

The average score is 8

Your high score is 10

Your fastest time is 0:15

weakassfaggot
+2
Level 43
Nov 22, 2022
What about Ukraine? They had nukes for a while after soviet collapse.
MCdoesgeography
+2
Level 51
Jan 30, 2023
Ukraine should be included since it formerly possessed nukes.

And maybe put up a category with "speculated" to include Iran

EconomicSnake
+1
Level 60
May 15, 2023
As some have pointed out, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine, have all had nuclear warheads at some point according to your source. If these are included in the "countries that hold nuclear weapons under the control of another country" as mentioned in your caveat, I'd put them on the quiz grayed-out; I feel like it's a little unclear right now.
Neodymium
+1
Level 58
May 16, 2023
You can merge the acknowledged
dumBunny
+1
Level 30
Jun 6, 2023
I took a tour of an old missile silo in North Dakota (a very remote part of the state, too!) and at the peak of the Cold War, if ND was an independent country, it would have had the third largest stockpile in the world, after the US and USSR.

BTW, it was really cool! For Cold War era kids, it is worth the journey! Cooperstown, ND - check it out!

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