4 China
Officially known as People’s Republic of China, possesses weapons of mass destruction which include chemical and nuclear weapons. The first nuclear weapon was tested in 1964 and in 1967, 1st hydrogen bomb was tested. They continued testing until Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty was signed in 1996.
Country has kept its warhead number a secret and is therefore hard to guess. As estimated by Federation of American Scientists in 2015, the country possesses about 260 war heads in total, which is 2nd smallest of the 5states which are a part of Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear weapons. According to a study, by 2020, the country will double the number of warheads and could threaten United States.
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