9 North Korea
North Korea, officially known as Democratic People’s Republic of Korea declared about possessing 1 nuclear weapon and stockpile of comparatively simpler nuclear weapons in the year 2009. They might possess chemical and biological weapons.
North Korea, withdrew as a party to Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons since 2003. In 2006, the country successfully conducted 1st nuclear test. For the test, a nuclear explosion under the ground was detected and its yield estimated to be a kiloton and few radioactive outputs. In 2007, it declared that they possess nuclear weapons. As of September 2016, North Korea has conducted 5 nuclear tests successfully and the yield of the last one was the highest. Even though, they considered it to be less and expecting something between 15-20kt as Germans got about 25kt for the same test.
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