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First 9 nuclear explosives (2 used as weapons), built up to end of Operation Crossroads:

  1. Trinity test device, plutonium implosion, July 16, 1945 - 100 foot tower
  2. Little Boy bomb, uranium gun, August 6, 1945 Hiroshima - airburst
  3. Fat Man bomb, plutonium implosion, August 9, 1945 Nagasaki - airburst
  4. Crossroads Able bomb, unknown, 1946 Bikini atoll lagoon - airburst
  5. Crossroads Baker bomb, unknown, 1946 Bikini atoll lagoon - underwater burst
  6. Stockpile bomb, unknown
  7. Stockpile bomb, unknown
  8. Stockpile bomb, unknown
  9. Stockpile bomb, unknown
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Countries who acquired nuclear weapons?

Currently, nine states possess nuclear weapons.United States - Tested its first nuclear weapon in 1945Russia - Tested its first nuclear weapon in 1949United Kingdom - Tested its first weapon in 1952France - Tested its first weapon in 1960China - Tested its first weapon in 1964India - Tested its first weapon in 1974Pakistan - Tested its first weapon in 1998Israel - Acquired weapons sometime between 1967-1971North Korea - Tested its first weapon in 2009Four states have ended their nuclear programsSouth Africa - de-nuclearized in 1991Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan - Returned nuclear weapons to Russia in mid-1990s.Nuclear Aspirants, but no nuclear program or weaponsGermany, Canada, Libya, Japan, Argentina, Syria. Sweden, Egypt, South Korea, Switzerland, Iraq, TaiwanFuture nuclear states?IranSee, Peter Beckman et. al, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear States, and Terrorism (2007), 41.


Is England a nuclear weapon country?

Yes, England is a nuclear weapon country. It is one of the four nuclear-armed states recognized by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The United Kingdom maintains a fleet of ballistic missile submarines armed with nuclear warheads, known as Trident.


Who had nuclear weapons first?

Whilst Japan started a nuclear weapons project in October 1939 and Germany in September 1939, the United States was the first country to successfully use a nuclear weapon in war. A project conducted during World War II to develop the first atomic bomb which was called the Manhattan Project. It was led by the United States, with British participation, also employing many exiled Jewish scientists from Germany, Hungary, Holland and Italy. The first nuclear weapon was detonated as a test by the United States at the Trinity site on July 16, 1945. There are claims from an enciphered Japanese diplomatic signal sent from Stockholm to Tokyo in December 1944 which claim that Nazi Germany first used a nuclear weapon against Soviet forces south of Kursk in June 1943. Sop far there has been no corroboration of this message. There are also several credible claims that a Nazi nuclear weapon was tested at the Baltic Island of Rugen in October 1944.


What happened on May 14 1972?

the body of Alexander the great was found but was detroyed by the detonation of the communists first nuclear weapon test fire


What is a weapon that starts with n from world war 2?

Nuclear bomb

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Where was the first nuclear weapon detonated?

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When did China get first nuclear weapon?

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Countries who acquired nuclear weapons?

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What year did India detonated its first nuclear weapon?

India detonated it's first nuclear weapon on 1974at (POKRAN)a desert area in RAJASTHAN.


What is the meaning of nuclear weapon?

The meaning of the word nuclear weapon, is a weapon that has a nuclear warhead on it.


What country developed the first nuclear weapon?

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What was created by the Manhattan Project?

The first Nuclear Weapon.


What is the first nuclear weapon was made during World War 2?

The atomic bomb was the first nuclear weapon ever made during World war two and it was the first weapon that have been tested before Hiroshima was under attack.


What was the code name of India's the first nuclear weapon test?

"Smiling Buddha" was the code name of India's the first nuclear weapon test conducted on May 18, 1974.


On what Japanese city was the first nuclear bomb dropped?

The first Japanese city to be attacked by a nuclear weapon is Hiroshima.