
Overview of the Nuclear Disarmament Resource Collection
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Country Spotlight
The UK is recognized as one of the five nuclear weapon states under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. It currently possesses four ballistic missile submarines and has maintained a continuous deployment of nuclear weapons at sea since 1969. The UK abandoned its chemical and biological weapons programs in the 1950s.
Region Europe and Eurasia
225 Nuclear warheads
40 Maximum nuclear warheads per ballistic missile submarine
45 Nuclear weapons tests, most recently in 1991
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