Wednesday, May 27, 2009

8 Nations Carried Out 2,054 Nuclear Explosions

From 1945 To 2009, More Than 2,000 Nuclear Blasts

By The Associated Press
Originally published May 26, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Page modified May 26, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Courtesy Of The Seattle Times

Numbers of nuclear explosions carried out by individual nations:

UNITED STATES - 1,032

RUSSIA (SOVIET UNION) - 715

FRANCE - 210

CHINA - 45

BRITAIN - 45

INDIA - 3

PAKISTAN - 2

NORTH KOREA - 2

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(The U.S. number includes the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.)

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