As of 2026, nine sovereign states are known or believed to possess nuclear weapons: the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel.
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- https://www.ucs.org/nuclear-weapons/worldwide (ucs.org)
- https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/nuclear-weapons-who-has-what-glance (armscontrol.org)
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- https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-weapons (ourworldindata.org)
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