How many among world’s 57 Muslim nations have nuclear weapons? The answer will SHOCK you, the number is just…

Nuclear weapons countries: Last week, Israel launched devastating airstrikes on Iranian cities, including the capital Tehran, on the pretext of Iran being close to weaponising its nuclear capabilities building nuclear weapons, Israeli strikes triggered an Israel-Iran war with both sides exchanging missile and airstrikes, causing significant infrastructure damage and scores of civilian death.

Israel argues that Iran is actively seeking nuclear weapons development, which poses an existential risk to the Jewish state. However, have you ever wondered how many of the world’s 57 Muslim nations actually possess nuclear weapons? The answer will shock you. Let us find out how many countries have nuclear weapons, and whether any nation from the Islamic world has one.

Muslim countries with nuclear weapons

According to details, there a total of nine nuclear weapons countries in the world– Russia, the United States, China, France, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea. Among them, the US, UK, Russia, China, and France are known considered nuclear-weapon states (NWS) under the terms of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

Meanwhile, to the answer the question of this topic, Pakistan, India’s belligerent neighbor, is the only Muslim nation which has nuclear weapons. Pakistan, which became a nuclear-armed country after conducting nuclear tests in 1998, has a stockpile of around 170 nuclear weapons, as per reports.

Who has the largest nuclear stockpile?

Currently, there are a total of 12,119 total nuclear warheads in the world, out of which approximately 3,880 are active. Russia tops the list with 4,309 active nuclear warhead, followed by the US (3,700), China (600), France (290), UK (225), India (180), Pakistan (170), and Israel (90).

Pakistan is the only Muslim country in the world to have nuclear weapons, while countries like Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, UAE, Qatar, and Albania, etc are not nuclear-armed nations.

Israel denies having nuclear weapons

Notably, Iran has repeatedly denied having an active nuclear weapons program, even as global agencies such as the IAEA have flagged concerns over its uranium enrichment capabilities.

On the other hand, Israel does not acknowledge having nuclear weapons, even though its generally understood that the Jewish nation is a nuclear-armed country, with a arsenal ranging between 90 and 300 nuclear warheads.

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