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A weapon can be defined as any thing that is designed to inflict bodily harm or physical damage. This is a broad definition, because almost anything can be used as a weapon. So in essence, every country has weapons.

However, if one is trying to understand the military power of countries and their ability to fight wars with a standing military, 15 countries have absolutely no military forces and 6 countries have limited military forces, but no standing military.

So out of the 196 countries, of which Taiwan should be considered to be a country in this respect, 175 countries have weapons that could effectively fight a war.

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