Based on the following chart of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons history of the "nuclear club," what can you infer about the number of nuclear weapons held by non-members of the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty (non-NPT countries)?
Table shows the country, number of total and active warheads and the year of the first test. The United States has 4075 active war heads and began testing in 1945. Russia has 5200 active warheads and began testing in 1949. The United Kingdom has 160 warheads and began testing in 1952. France has about 350 warheads and began testing in 1960. China has between 160 – 400 warheads and began testing in 1964. These three countries are not considered nuclear powers. India has 100-140 warheads and began testing in 1974. Pakistan has about 60 warheads and began testing in 1998. North Korea has about 10 nuclear warheads and began testing in 2006. Israel is an undeclared nuclear weapons state but has between 100 and 200 warheads and began testing 1979.
Responses
The NPT countries and non-NPT hold a comparable number of nuclear warheads.
The NPT countries and non-NPT hold a comparable number of nuclear warheads.
The non-NPT countries hold substantially more nuclear warheads than NPT countries.
The non-NPT countries hold substantially more nuclear warheads than NPT countries.
It is hard to determine the number of nuclear warheads held by non-NPT countries.
It is hard to determine the number of nuclear warheads held by non-NPT countries.
Pakistan and North Korea hold more nuclear warheads than India.