WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In Europe, France and the UK are the only countries with nuclear weapons. Together they are estimated to have 515 nuclear warheads, of which 400 are deployed, according to SIPRI.

Detailed explanation-2: -Combined, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea possess an estimated total of roughly 13, 000 nuclear weapons, most of which are many times more powerful than the nuclear weapon dropped on Hiroshima.

Detailed explanation-3: -The UK is recognized as one of the five nuclear weapon states under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. It currently possesses four ballistic missile submarines and has maintained a continuous deployment of nuclear weapons at sea since 1969. The UK abandoned its chemical and biological weapons programs in the 1950’s.