Back المملكة المتحدة وأسلحة الدمار الشامل Arabic Armas de destrucción masiva en el Reino Unido Spanish Yhdistyneen kuningaskunnan joukkotuhoaseet Finnish Armes de destruction massive au Royaume-Uni French תוכנית הגרעין של הממלכה המאוחדת HE イギリスの大量破壊兵器 Japanese Reino Unido e as armas de destruição em massa Portuguese 英國與大規模殺傷性武器 Chinese
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
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| Nuclear program start date | 10 April 1940 |
| First nuclear weapon test | 3 October 1952 |
| First thermonuclear weapon test | 15 May 1957 |
| Last nuclear test | 26 November 1991 |
| Largest yield test | 3 Mt (13 PJ) (28 April 1958) |
| Total tests | 45 detonations |
| Peak stockpile | 520 warheads (1970s) |
| Current stockpile | 225[1][2][3] method of delivery (Trident II SLBM)[2] |
| Maximum missile range | 13,000 km (7,000 nmi or 8,100 mi) (UGM-133 Trident II) |
| NPT party | Yes (1968, one of five recognised powers) |
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| Background |
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The United Kingdom possesses, or has possessed, a variety of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. The United Kingdom is one of the five official nuclear weapon states under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The UK renounced the use of chemical and biological weapons in 1956 and subsequently destroyed its general stocks.[4]
- ^ "The British Nuclear Stockpile, 1953-2013", Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1 July 2013
- ^ a b "Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What at a Glance". Arms Control Association. ACA. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Global nuclear weapons: downsizing but modernizing". SIPRI. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Britain to expand nuclear warhead stockpile by over 40% as global threats rise". Reuters. March 16, 2021 – via www.reuters.com.