Information about Nuclear countries

faheem

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Here is some information about hte nuclear test and the number of nuclear weapons of some countries

United States
First nuclear test: 1945
Most recent nuclear test: 1992
Total tests: 1,030 (815 underground)


Russia
First nuclear test: 1949
Most recent nuclear test: 1990
Total tests: 715 (496 underground)


United Kingdom
First nuclear test: 1952
Most recent nuclear test: 1991
Total tests: 45 (24 underground)


France
First nuclear test: 1960
Most recent nuclear test: 1996
Total tests: 210 (160 underground)


China
First nuclear test: 1964
Most recent nuclear test: 1996
Total tests: 43 (22 underground)


India
First nuclear test: 1974
Most recent nuclear test: 1998
Total tests: 7


Pakistan
First nuclear test: 1998
Most recent nuclear test: 1998
Total tests: 6


Israel
No Nuclear Tests
150-350 estimated nuclear weapons


North Korea
No Nuclear Tests
5-15 estimated nuclear weapons

this is from the site http://www.jaysnet.com/666nuke.html
 

Supe

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What about Iran? What tests have they done? How many nukes are in their arsenal?

If the answer is zero to both questions, then Iran cannot be considered relevant to this thread.
 

ArjunMK1

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Supe said:
What about Iran? What tests have they done? How many nukes are in their arsenal?
Same is for Israel too . :D

Supe said:
If the answer is zero to both questions, then Iran cannot be considered relevant to this thread.
Iran got secret assistance from China in building its nuclear arsenal
(according to CIA). Recently it was revealed that Pakistan's nuclear scientist A.Q.Khan was involved in selling nuclear tech to Iran.
 

ArjunMK1

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Iran's nuclear program is extremely gloomy , although you can find millions of speculative reports if you search in google.

Actually Iran never publicly admitted about their nuke resources but it is already admitted that she has already got a considerably technology to build weapons .

Here is a link which contains a large no. of reports :
http://www.parstimes.com/INR.html


Here global security claims that Iran will acquire weapons by 2006 :
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/nuke.htm
 

turin

New Member
@link by faheem:
The website referred to contains some information and data which is shady, to say the very least.
It assumes that NK was in possession not only of nuclear warheads (which is unclear even today) but even of operable ICBM back in 2004, which is certainly not the case, referring to many observers of NK's nuclear WMD program. Most analytics agree in expecting IOC of a NK ICBM, the TD-2, for 2005 or 2006. The number of nuclear wahrheads in possession is completely undetermined. General agreement exists over the basic capability of NK to produce enough material for such a device, however final production of the device (i.e. the warheads) itself in a continious manner cannot be based on such capabilities alone.

As for Iran the analysis of the website is more or less amusing. Neither is Iran an arabic country nor does its population experience starving. The evaluation of that writer seems to assume that all potential members on the US list for the axis of evil share the same characteristics, which is a one dimensional view at least.
The nuclear capability of Iran is completely unknown to this day. So putting it on a list of countries with certain possession of nuclear WMD would be premature.
Israels possession of nuclear weapons however has been confirmed by several independent sources, including experts of the IAEA on discussions I was attending, and is generally agreed upon.
 
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Francois

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Just for your information, a nuke bomb can't be without a test.
That is the way to validate the thing. And it is not possible to hide it to the world.
And so far, Iran didn't test anything. I can tell you it would make a real fuss!

And beside this, they would not be that shy dealing now about their program if they had it already.
 

AMTP10E

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Francois said:
Just for your information, a nuke bomb can't be without a test.
That is the way to validate the thing. And it is not possible to hide it to the world.
And so far, Iran didn't test anything. I can tell you it would make a real fuss!

And beside this, they would not be that shy dealing now about their program if they had it already.
Not entirely true. A basic 'first generation' design weapon can have its design validated through computer simulation on a desktop PC. With a more advanced computer program and more computing power, second and third generation weapons can also be validated (witness Isreal's weapons program).

It's only when you start looking at modern advanced designs that testing may be required. This is one reason why the US hasn't ruled out future nuclear tests.
 

Francois

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AMTP10E said:
Not entirely true. A basic 'first generation' design weapon can have its design validated through computer simulation on a desktop PC. With a more advanced computer program and more computing power, second and third generation weapons can also be validated (witness Isreal's weapons program).

It's only when you start looking at modern advanced designs that testing may be required. This is one reason why the US hasn't ruled out future nuclear tests.
Maybe you are right, I am no nuke expert, but...
Israel did test it...
 

Patzek

New Member
well
there was a rumors few years ago that we tried a minimized nuclear bomb in our desert, in the controlled arrier of Dimona nuclear reactor.

Our reactor is surrounded by desert, and NO ONE allowed to fly 20 km near this place in all directions.
no one means not even F16's and F15's pilot when someone is trying to get in, because he will be stopped longgg time before he will be near to even see the place, and it happens 1-2 times a year.

so we got a big space in there, but i can't say, and no one can say if we actually did that... we know what we're doing, that for sure.
 

Nautilus

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What a miserable life! If there was an Iranian nuclear scientist blowing the whistle, he'd be celebrated as hero and offered asylum wherever he wanted.
 

gf0012-aust

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Nautilus said:
What a miserable life! If there was an Iranian nuclear scientist blowing the whistle, he'd be celebrated as hero and offered asylum wherever he wanted.
If he was Iranian and did the same he wouldn't be treated like a hero. He'd be subject to rule 5.56. The Chinese Govt in the past has used similar solutions and used to send the grieving family the bill for the bullet as well. ;)

and you can imagine how much shelf life he'd have left if he was North Korean and was caught selling state secrets.

his options could have been considerably worse.
 

Nautilus

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gf0012-aust said:
his options could have been considerably worse.
So what could be worse than 18 years of solitary confinement and subsequent life long house arrest?

Israel is simply using him as an example case to shut up potential other workers who could speak up. A very sad testament to their 'democracy'.
 

gf0012-aust

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Nautilus said:
So what could be worse than 18 years of solitary confinement and subsequent life long house arrest?
a bullet in the head

Nautilus said:
Israel is simply using him as an example case to shut up potential other workers who could speak up. A very sad testament to their 'democracy'.
and that is their right as far as national interest and national security issues are concerned. at least they have the trappings of democracy. IIRC there are 4-6 Palestinians in the Knesset after all. - no offence, but singapore is actually tougher as far as national/state security issues are concerned.

/hijack off
 

Patzek

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Are you ##### kidding me?

Dimona nuclear reactor was the most secret place in the world untill he sold our secrets to the sun day times
he betrayed his country, and sold us.
lucky that vaanunu was only a worker in the place and didn't know evreything, that why each worker of the place know only thing as less as possible and only know what he's suppose to do and nothing more.

he was indeed realesed from the jail, but then we cought him in the airport trying to esacpe the country.

he's only limitation was no to leave the country, and i guess you can understand that, and he tried to, and he got cought.
so sorry for not beeing sorry for he's stupidity.

Admin: Matey I removed the reproductive invective in your original comment. ;) We need to keep our language moderate no matter how excited we may get about an issue. ;)
 
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