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List of Atomic Powers
Atomic weapons or Weapons of Mass Destruction have been operating all across the globe since 1945, when the United States detonated "Trinity". Over the course of history, these weapons have been only detonated against human targets seven times, thankfully, twice during the World War, four times during the Indian Coalition War and once during the Chinese Intervention in Central Asia.
The United States were the first to acquire nuclear weapons during Project Manhattan, where US scientists successfully detonated Trinity in the New Mexican desert. The United States would go on to detonate the first nuclear bomb against a civilian target, in Hiroshima, against Japan, then against a tactical target, in the Naval Base of Kure. The United States would go on to operate more than 500 tests, both under and overground, with several atmospheric test and one nuclear launch into space (See Project Balthazar). The United States currently operates more warheads than all other nuclear powers combined.
France were the second nation to detonate nuclear weapons, just five years after the United States. Under the Franco-German project Iron Fist, scientists from both countries contributed to obtaining nuclear weapons. France were the first to recieve nuclear warheads, due to their wider operational range, while Germany obtained them five years later after a test in German Tanganyika. Both nations are technically the only european nations disposing of nuclear weapons, although under the EDF, french warheads are stored at Salon-de-Provence, Provence, at Kleine Brogel, Flanders and at SAFB Lossiemouth, Scotland, while german warheads are stored at Lask Air Base, Poland-Lithuania and at Skaraborg AFB, Sweden. Note that all these require a dual-key system to activate.
Australia was the next country to develop nuclear weapons. Encouraged by the United States, the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Australia was supposed to ensure peace and stability in the South-East Asia and Pacific Region. Instead it did the opposite, with the acceleration of the Chinese nuclear program, and China developing its own nuclear weapons in 1964.
The U.S and Europe then tried to enforce a nuclear non-proliferation treaty, however China would not have any of it and declined to sign it, killing the first treaty in its crib. The U.S therefore allowed Brazil and Persia to start a nuclear program, under U.S supervision. Brazil completed its first test in 1968, while Persia would follow suit in 1971. This only exacerbated Chinese pile-up, which peaked during the Chinese Intervention in Central Asia, where China detonated a nuclear warhead in Dushanbe, the first detonation on civilian targets since the World War. Utterly terrified by this and with the racking up of tensions during the Great Asian Crisis, the U.S greenlit Japan and Korea to develop warheads. By 1974, both nations had functionning warheads, and threat of an all-out nuclear war was looming. Thankfully, things de-escalated, and China finally agreed to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1978, which forbid any nation from developing nuclear weapons or stockpiling any more.
This wouldn't stop six more nations from developing nuclear weapons however. India and Hyderabad never signed the NPT, and therefore developed nuclear weapons anyways. India viewed nuclear weapons as an alternative to reclaiming Southern India, and obtained their nukes in 1982. India then expected an easy victory against Hyderabad and the Southern Indian Coalition, forcing Hyderabad to use their first nuclear device directly in the field. The resulting fallout was devastating, and both nations came to a halt, with the war ending soon after the detonation of no less than four warheads (two from each side). Both countries still use MAD in order to protect their independence to this day.
The next country to have developed nuclear weapons is Canada, who found a loophole in the Treaty of Versailles, which mentions that the UK cannot develop nuclear weapons, but it was stated nowhere that a Commonwealth Country couldn't. Canada therefore tested four nuclear weapons, withdrew from the NPT and constructed an estimated total of 15 nukes. However, this did not sit well with the US, who threatened Canada with intervention if these 15 weapons ever left tjhe country. The Great Lakes Crisis would only last a few days, but it would prove costly for the Canadian economy, who eventually folded to the US with the Hamilton Agreement.
The last country to have obtained nuclear weapons was Siam, due to aggressive positionning from China and tensions mounting in Burma, Under Franco-German supervision, the Siamese built an estimated 15 nuclear warheads, to be detonated only if necessary. This flew under the U.S radar, who didn't really take kindly to chinese positionning anyways, although the U.S did sanction Siam in order to keep China at bay, before taking the sanctions away a few years later.
The U.S are also suspected to have given Israel nuclear weapons, although this has never been proven, as the Jewish State never acknowledged having any of these weapons. However, this is not the main concern of the world today, as it is turned towards the pariah Saudi State, a well-known islamic terrorism funder and internationally isolated and hated. The Saudis have exactly five nukes, although none are deployed, and they remain the most fiercly tracked weapons in the world. Ever since the Saudis tried to smuggle one of these warheads to Indonesia onwards towards an unknown target of terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda, the U.S has warned the Saudis that if one of their nukes crossed a meter out of their border or international waters, their country would cease to exist. The U.S would prove they mean business by deploying nuclear weapons to air force bases in Oman, the UAE and Qatar.
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The United States were the first to acquire nuclear weapons during Project Manhattan, where US scientists successfully detonated Trinity in the New Mexican desert. The United States would go on to detonate the first nuclear bomb against a civilian target, in Hiroshima, against Japan, then against a tactical target, in the Naval Base of Kure. The United States would go on to operate more than 500 tests, both under and overground, with several atmospheric test and one nuclear launch into space (See Project Balthazar). The United States currently operates more warheads than all other nuclear powers combined.
France were the second nation to detonate nuclear weapons, just five years after the United States. Under the Franco-German project Iron Fist, scientists from both countries contributed to obtaining nuclear weapons. France were the first to recieve nuclear warheads, due to their wider operational range, while Germany obtained them five years later after a test in German Tanganyika. Both nations are technically the only european nations disposing of nuclear weapons, although under the EDF, french warheads are stored at Salon-de-Provence, Provence, at Kleine Brogel, Flanders and at SAFB Lossiemouth, Scotland, while german warheads are stored at Lask Air Base, Poland-Lithuania and at Skaraborg AFB, Sweden. Note that all these require a dual-key system to activate.
Australia was the next country to develop nuclear weapons. Encouraged by the United States, the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Australia was supposed to ensure peace and stability in the South-East Asia and Pacific Region. Instead it did the opposite, with the acceleration of the Chinese nuclear program, and China developing its own nuclear weapons in 1964.
The U.S and Europe then tried to enforce a nuclear non-proliferation treaty, however China would not have any of it and declined to sign it, killing the first treaty in its crib. The U.S therefore allowed Brazil and Persia to start a nuclear program, under U.S supervision. Brazil completed its first test in 1968, while Persia would follow suit in 1971. This only exacerbated Chinese pile-up, which peaked during the Chinese Intervention in Central Asia, where China detonated a nuclear warhead in Dushanbe, the first detonation on civilian targets since the World War. Utterly terrified by this and with the racking up of tensions during the Great Asian Crisis, the U.S greenlit Japan and Korea to develop warheads. By 1974, both nations had functionning warheads, and threat of an all-out nuclear war was looming. Thankfully, things de-escalated, and China finally agreed to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1978, which forbid any nation from developing nuclear weapons or stockpiling any more.
This wouldn't stop six more nations from developing nuclear weapons however. India and Hyderabad never signed the NPT, and therefore developed nuclear weapons anyways. India viewed nuclear weapons as an alternative to reclaiming Southern India, and obtained their nukes in 1982. India then expected an easy victory against Hyderabad and the Southern Indian Coalition, forcing Hyderabad to use their first nuclear device directly in the field. The resulting fallout was devastating, and both nations came to a halt, with the war ending soon after the detonation of no less than four warheads (two from each side). Both countries still use MAD in order to protect their independence to this day.
The next country to have developed nuclear weapons is Canada, who found a loophole in the Treaty of Versailles, which mentions that the UK cannot develop nuclear weapons, but it was stated nowhere that a Commonwealth Country couldn't. Canada therefore tested four nuclear weapons, withdrew from the NPT and constructed an estimated total of 15 nukes. However, this did not sit well with the US, who threatened Canada with intervention if these 15 weapons ever left tjhe country. The Great Lakes Crisis would only last a few days, but it would prove costly for the Canadian economy, who eventually folded to the US with the Hamilton Agreement.
The last country to have obtained nuclear weapons was Siam, due to aggressive positionning from China and tensions mounting in Burma, Under Franco-German supervision, the Siamese built an estimated 15 nuclear warheads, to be detonated only if necessary. This flew under the U.S radar, who didn't really take kindly to chinese positionning anyways, although the U.S did sanction Siam in order to keep China at bay, before taking the sanctions away a few years later.
The U.S are also suspected to have given Israel nuclear weapons, although this has never been proven, as the Jewish State never acknowledged having any of these weapons. However, this is not the main concern of the world today, as it is turned towards the pariah Saudi State, a well-known islamic terrorism funder and internationally isolated and hated. The Saudis have exactly five nukes, although none are deployed, and they remain the most fiercly tracked weapons in the world. Ever since the Saudis tried to smuggle one of these warheads to Indonesia onwards towards an unknown target of terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda, the U.S has warned the Saudis that if one of their nukes crossed a meter out of their border or international waters, their country would cease to exist. The U.S would prove they mean business by deploying nuclear weapons to air force bases in Oman, the UAE and Qatar.
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