RSSGlobal nuclear weapons: Who has them, and how many do they have?
Michael Haltman | March 8, 2010
While The Speculation Over Iran's Nuclear Capabilities Continue, Who Has The Capability Now?
The conversation continues over when Iran will have the capability to deploy and deliver a nuclear warhead, or to possibly provide a nuclear device to a terrorist organization for delivery by other means. The idea that a terrorist state will at some point have this type of destructive power at it's fingertips is frightening, and a circumstance that needs to be avoided at all costs.
At the same time, over 20,000 nuclear devices already exist around the world. While most are hopefully well secured by those states who possess them, serious questions exist concerning who has control over these weapons in others.
Who manages the stockpile of weapons in a country like Pakistan? Are they friends, or is there potential for a rogue inside the government to take control and fire a missile, or sell nuclear material to an enemy of the world?
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