3 France
France is a party to Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty along with 4 other countries but its possession of biological or chemical weapons is not known. It was the 4th country which tested nuclear weapon independently in 1960. Presently, the country has 300 operational stockpile of nuclear war heads and is 3rd largest in world in war head terms.
Currently, the country claims not having chemical weapon and rectified Chemical Weapons Convention in 1995 & in 1984, it acceded Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. According to the French Law, one of its 4 nuclear submarines, one should always patrol in Atlantic Ocean, like United Kingdom’s policy. The government gives compensation to the victims of the nuclear tests and given an estimate of 500 such people, whereas, an Algerian group has given an estimate of 27,000 people.
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