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Titan II launch

A Titan II missile (a type of ICBM) being launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Osnabrück Süden

The Southern part of the inner city part of Osnabrück. NATO forces were stationed in and near Osnabrück making it a target if the Cold War went 'hot'.

Perm Russia

The closed city of Perm. If the Cold War had gone 'hot' Perm would have been nuked.

Benin Atakora dirt road

An unpaved road in Atakora, northern Benin, near the with the Togo border. Well, at least they are not going to be nuked in a Cold War Atomic\nuclear war! Author: Martin Wegmann Wegmann.

Why were they used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki[]

  1. To avoid an invasion of Japan in which ~5,000,000 Japanese, ~1,000,000 Americans and ~1,500,000 other Allied forces (mostly Aussies and Brits) would die.
  2. To shorten the war by ~6 months and thus pre-empting the soviet plans to invade Hokkaido.
  3. To test a new weapon on a city.
  4. To scare the USSR.
  5. To intimidate the rest of the word with.
  6. To get necrophilia high for those who let it be used?
  7. Parts of the US military and government had a racist agenda that was fixated with the mass killing Orientals.

It did beat Japan, but it never intimidated the increasingly aggressive USSR. Unfortunately the Americans had actually enraged the already hostile Soviets in to continuing to develop there own one.

Fearing a imminent atomic war the UK created it's own to have leverage over the USSR and USA.

Later France and China both saw what was coming and made there own.

By the year 2000 atomic weapons were also in the hands of India, Israel, N. Korea and Pakistan.

The ultimate launch control[]

They can be only lanced by the relevant personnel using a 'nuclear briefcase'. the identity of 4 of them is known: Nuclear briefcase (UK), Cheget (USSR\Russia), «mobile base» (France) and Nuclear football (USA). The PRC and N. Korea are reported to have one to.

First detonation[]

  1.  United- States 16 July 1945 (Trinity)
  2.  Russia- 29 August 1949 (RDS-1)
  3.  United Kingdom- 3 October 1952 (Hurricane)
  4.  France- 13 February 1960 (Gerboise Bleue)
  5.  China- 16 October 1964 (596)
  6.  India- 18 May 1974 (Smiling Buddha)
  7.  Pakistan- 28 May 1998 (Chagai-1)
  8.  North Korea- 9 October 2006
  9.  Israel- Between 1960 and 1979. Possibly at the Vela incident on 22 September 1979, with S. African blessing and technical collaboration?

Atomic warheads through out history[]

According to Wikipedia[]

Global nuclear weapons stockpiles (1945-2025).
Country. 1945. 1950. 1955. 1960. 1965. 1970. 1975. 1980. 1985. 1990. 1995. 2000. 2005. 2014. Projections.
United States. 2 299 2,422 18,638 31,139 26,008 27,519 23,368 21,392 10,904 10,577 8,360 7,700 7,260 3,620 (for 2022)
Russia. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37,000 27,000 21,500 17,000 7,500 3,350 (for 2022)
Soviet Union. 0 5 200 1,605 6,129 11,643 19,055 30,062 39,197 37,000 0 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom. 0 0 14 42 436 394 492 492 422 422 422 281 281 215 180 (for around 2025)
France. 0 0 0 0 32 36 188 250 360 505 500 470 350 300 N/A
China. 0 0 0 0 5 75 180 205 243 232 234 232 235 260 150-220 (for 2020)
Israel. 0 0 0 0 0 8 20 31 42 53 63 72 80 80 65-85 (for 2020)
India. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 14 28 44 90-110 50-70 (for 2020)
South Africa. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 0
Pakistan. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 28 38 100-120 150-200 (for 2021)
North Korea. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-2 0-2 8 6-8 N/A
Kazakhstan. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,410 (1991) 0 0 0 0 0
Ukraine. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,240 (1991) 0 0 0 0 0
Belarus. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 At least 81 (1991) 0 0 0 0 Unknown, but only a few as of 2024.
Estonia. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~10 (1991) 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbekistan. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~5 (1991)  0 0 0 0 0
Armenian. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~5 (1991)  0 0 0 0 0
Georgia. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~5 (1991)  0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~12 (1991)  0 0 0 0 0

According to other online sources[]

2020[]

  1. N. Korea ~10-16, probably 10-12.
  2. Iran ~1-4, probably 2-4.

2017[]

  1. USA 6,800 warheads
  2. Russia 7,000 warheads
  3. UK 215 warheads
  4. France 300 warheads
  5. China 270 warheads
  6. India 110–120 warheads
  7. Pakistan 120-130 warheads
  8. Israel 80 warheads
  9. NK <10 warheads

2015[]

  1. Russia 7,500
  2. USA 7,200
  3. France 300
  4. China 250
  5. UK 215
  6. Pakistan 100-120
  7. India 90-110
  8. Israel 80
  9. NK under 10, but probably 5-8

2014[]

  1. Russia 5,000
  2. USA 4,400
  3. France 290
  4. China 240
  5. UK 195
  6. Israel 80
  7. Pakistan 200
  8. India 150
  9. Nk ~6

2013[]

  1. USA 4804-7,700
  2. Russia (USSR or RSSFR) 4480-8,500
  3. France 300
  4. China 250
  5. UK 225
  6. Pakistan 120
  7. India 110
  8. Israel 80?
  9. NK 5?

1983[]

  1. USA 23,500
  2. Russia (USSR) 36,000
  3. UK 320
  4. France 280
  5. China 380

1968[]

Sweden had planned 100 or so since 1948 for use on Poland, Soviets invading Finland and the Baltic States. They had reportedly made 10-20 (popular opinion says 16) of them by 1968. They were later alegidly destroyed after the project was cancelled.

1947[]

  1. USA 14.
  2. USSR 7.
  3. Anglo-Canadian 1.
  4. Anglo-Australian tests bomb 1

1946[]

  1. USA 6.
  2. USSR 2.
  3. Anglo-Canadian test bomb 1
  4. Anglo-Australian tests only.

1943[]

  1. USA tests only.
  2. Anglo-Canadian tests only.
  3. Anglo-Australian tests only.
  4. Japan tests only.
  5. Italy tests only.
  6. USSR tests only.
  7. Nazi Germany tests only.

Also see[]

Worlds_Top_5_Nuclear_Power_Comparison_2015.

Worlds Top 5 Nuclear Power Comparison 2015.

Worlds Top 5 Nuclear Power Comparison 2015.

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