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What countries have nuclear weapons, and where are they?

  • Written by Miles A. Pomper, Senior Fellow, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury
What countries have nuclear weapons, and where are they?A U.S. Air Force jet performs a test drop of a B61-12 bomb in December 2021. That bomb can contain a nuclear warhead for use in wartime.Los Alamos National Laboratory

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has raised fears among the public about the use of nuclear weapons in Europe or against the United States. This level of concern has not been seen since...

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