{"id":156,"date":"2018-02-20T16:34:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T11:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/?p=156"},"modified":"2023-01-28T03:05:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T07:05:07","slug":"countries-nuclear-weapons-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/defence\/countries-nuclear-weapons-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Countries have Nuclear Weapons as of 2016?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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According to the Federation of American Scientists, there are nine countries having nuclear weapons. Together, the military stockpile is about 9,400.<\/p>\n

Each country of the world holds the exact nature and number of its military possessions as a closely guarded secret. The holding of nuclear weapons is all the more confidential in nature. The data currently available is sourced from public records, an in-depth analysis of the country’s nuclear research programs, historic deployment records, and informed estimates.<\/p>\n

Here is the list of known nuclear nations and estimates of their nuclear stockpiles (as of 2016):<\/h3>\n