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America did more nuclear weapons tests than all other countries put together

America Leads the World in Nuclear Tests The Diplomat By Zachary Keck June 6, 2013 The United States has conducted more nuclear weapon tests than the rest of the world combined, according to a new analysis published on Real Clear Science.

Real Clear Science compiled a list counting the number of tests each country that is known have conducted nuclear tests has carried out since the dawn of the nuclear era.

The United States leads the pack with 1,032 nuclear weapons tests, with Russia (including the Soviet Union) coming in at a distant second with 715 tests. France has conducted the third most with 198 tests, while China and the United Kingdom have both carried out 45 of them.

After that the numbers drop off even more substantially with India having carried out three confirmed tests and six claimed ones, North Korea’s three tests since 2009, and Pakistan having carried out two confirmed tests and six claimed ones, according to Real Clear Science. Although not included on the list, Israel is widely believed to have carried out a covert nuclear test off the coast of South Africa in 1979, which was captured by the U.S. Vela satellite.

Counting Israel’s test and India and Pakistan’s confirmed tests, the world excluding U.S. has carried out 1,012 tests. If India and Pakistan’s non-confirmed tests are included, that number rises to 1,019.

Thus the U.S. has carried out either twenty or thirteen more nuclear tests than the rest of the world combined, according to the Real Clear Science data….. http://thediplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/2013/06/06/america-leads-the-world-in-nuclear-tests/

June 6, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war