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USA, Russia, UK, PRC, France, India, Pakistan, North Korea are known for having nuclear weapon. Israel probably also owns nuclear weapon but never officialy declared it.

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What countries in the world today are known to possess nuclear weapons?

USRussiaUKFranceChinaIndiaPakistanNorth Korea


Which countries have nuclear weapons today?

Many countries have nuclear weapons today including the United States. China, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan also have nuclear weapons.


What countries are allowed to have nuclear weapons?

Today eight countries are in possessionn of nuclear weapons. The five nuclear weapons states United States, Russia (former Soviet Union), United Kingdom, France and China, are the only countries allowed to have nuclear weapons according to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) from 1970. All members of the United Nations except Israel, India and Pakistan have signed the NPT.


Are they making any atomic bombs today?

Neither the US nor Russia are making nuclear weapons of any kind at this time. Other countries however are making nuclear weapons; some are North Korea, India, and Pakistan.


Should nuclear weapons be a part of today's world?

yes


Who has nuclear weapons today?

Russia, USA, France, UK, China, Pakistan, India and North Korea all accept they own them. Israel are widely believe to possess them by other countries but have never admitted. Governments believe that Iran may do and that Syria were once very close but arent believed to have them


Where can plutonium be found today?

The tiniest amounts of plutonium (Pu) can be found in uranium that we remove from the ground. But most plutonium today is found at nuclear weapons plants or wherever nuclear weapons are kept. There is also some in nuclear fuel facilities. Certainly it is present in spent nuclear fuel.


Are people still using atomic bombs today?

Atomic bombs have not been used in warfare since 1945. Nations have an arms control agreement called the Non-Proliferation Treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, and most countries have committed to not use atomic bombs. However, some countries still possess these weapons as a deterrent.


What do both India and Pakistan have today?

India and Pakistan both gained, Nuclear Weapons.


How are atomic bombs used today?

Atomic bombs (and all nuclear weapons) are not actually used in the sense that a country actually drops/fires/launches a nuclear weapon against a foe. Their massive destructive potential has caused them to be moved from a purely military device into the political arena. Nuclear weapons today are political tools - that is, the possession (or implied attempt to possess) these weapons is considered a political statement, rather than a military one. As such, the quantity, location, and capabilities of a country's nuclear weapons take on significant political meaning. The ability to potentially use such weapons adds a completely new dimension to international relations. Primarily, nuclear weaponry is used for three purposes: to discourage the use of any Weapon of Mass Destruction (nuclear, chemical, biological, toxin, etc.) by threat of immediate retaliation via nuclear arms, as a moderating influence on aggression by other nuclear-equipped countries, and as a brake (via implied threat) on non-nuclear countries attempts to acquire nuclear weaponry themselves. The second of the above has been the most successful political use, while the first has seen modest success as a strategy, and the third is mostly a failure.


How today's weapons make war different today?

Back in World War II there were bombs and soldiers going around with guns, but now America has nuclear warheads that can take out entire nations. Opposed to when countries could only take out cities.


Why did they consider making nuclear weapons?

WW II was a desperate struggle and there was no guarantee that the Allied forces would win. It was therefore thought to be a good idea to make advances in weapons technology. Of course today we have the problem of nuclear proliferation and the threat that someday nuclear weapons would be used for some very destructive purpose, but when nuclear weapons were invented, all that mattered was winning the war that was in progress at the time.