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2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to the recent report, which country could become world’s 5th largest nuclear weapons state after Russia, United States, France and China in terms of possession of total nuclear warheads?
A
Israel
B
North Korea
C
Iran
D
Pakistan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -1. Russia owns the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons with a total of 5, 977 warheads. Of which, 1, 588 nukes are deployed strategically, and the remaining are in storage. 2.

Detailed explanation-2: -Russia has the most confirmed nuclear weapons, with 5, 997 nuclear warheads. The United States follows behind with 5, 428 nuclear weapons, hosted in the US and 5 other nations: Turkey, Italy, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

Detailed explanation-3: -Who are the countries with nuclear weapons? Even though 191 countries have joined the NPT, five nuclear-weapon states-China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US-are allowed to have these weapons because they built and tested a nuclear explosive device before the treaty came into effect.

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