There are nine nations in the world that possess nuclear weapons: Google AI.
- Russia: ~5,460 to 5,500+ warheads
- United States: ~5,044 to 5,180 warheads
- China: ~600 warheads
- France: ~290 warheads
- United Kingdom: ~225 warheads
- India: ~180 warheads
- Pakistan: ~170 warheads
- Israel: ~90 warheads (unconfirmed)
- North Korea: ~50 warheads (estimated)
If you are battling a dictatorship you must defeat their army but if you are battling a democracy you only need to defeat their voters! US Civil War General Sherman understood this and you only need to consider America’s loss in Vietnam to recognize that as well. How do you defeat the West without a nuclear conflagration? Push their voters into bankruptcy! Conversely how do you defeat the East without a nuclear conflagration. Anyone?
And that is all I’m going to say about that!
