How many nuclear bombs have been detonated on earth?

Answer 1

The United States conducted around 1,054 nuclear tests (by official count) between 1945 and 1992. Most of the tests took place at the Nevada Test Site and the Pacific Proving Grounds in the Marshall Islands. Ten other tests took place at various locations in the United States, including Alaska, Colorado, Mississippi, and New Mexico.

The Soviet Union conducted 715 nuclear tests (by official count) between 1949 and 1990. Most of them took place at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan and the Northern Test Site at Novaya Zemlya. Additional tests were conducted at various locations in Russia and Kazakhstan, while a small number of tests were conducted in Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenia.

The UK has conducted 45 tests (21 in Australian territory, including 9 in mainland South Australia at Maralinga and Emu Field, many others in the U.S. as part of joint test series).

France conducted 210 nuclear tests between February 13, 1960 and January 27, 1996.

The People's Republic of China conducted 45 tests (23 atmospheric and 22 underground, all conducted at Lop Nur Nuclear Weapons Test Base, in Malan, Xinjiang)

India conducted between 5 and 6 tests, at Pokhran.

Pakistan conducted between 3 and 6 tests in response to the Indian tests.

On October 9, 2006 it was announced by North Korea they had conducted a nuclear test in North Hamgyong province on the northeast coast at 10:36 AM (11:30 AEST). There was a 3.58 magnitude earthquake reported in South Korea. There was a 4.2 magnitude tremor detected 240 miles north of P'yongyang. The low estimates on the yield of the test — potentially less than a kiloton in strength — have led to speculation as to whether it was a fizzle (unsuccessful test), or a genuine nuclear test at all.

There have been a number of significant alleged/disputed/unacknowledged accounts of countries testing nuclear explosives. Their status is either not certain or entirely disputed by most mainstream experts.

Answer 2

In response to he who posited America's untrustworthiness: The two devices detonated over Japan were not to cripple their manufacturing hubs. They were, rather, meant to be a show of force against Germany. To let the Reich and the Empire that the war could last no longer. Dropping on Germany would've resulted in the deaths of countless Allied troops as well as victims inside camps. We needed the Nazi regime to witness from afar, our might and fortitude so as to demoralize their plans of world domination. If you were not the one responsible for the order, you cannot imagine the hardship it brought. Eventually, nuclear devices would have volleyed between warring nations, and for the Japaneses' unwitting sacrifice, the pure terror of the atom was reluctantly brandished, ending our collective potential END. A nuclear device will never be used in legitimate conflict again, as even the pride of Kim Jong Un is not equal to the pathos required of global destruction and suicide. It was going to happen somewhere in some context, so ending a global conflict, though at an extreme cost was a necessary evil.

Answer 3

It's probably up in the hundreds by now, but many were small test explosions performed underground. We know the US set off the first (Trinity) in New Mexico, then two over Japanese cities. But there is also some evidence that the Japanese actually set off the second nuclear weapon at a secret test site on the Korean coast just before the US dropped the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs.

I remember the 50's when the US seemed to be testing a new device every couple of months. People in Las Vegas would all go outside to watch the light show!

Answer 4

Thousands. The United States alone has detonated 1054 tests, and the Soviets performed a similar number; France and Britain and China have too.

Answer 5

Certainly hundreds. There has been a book published, full of photos of many different nuclear detonations. I don't remember the guy's name, but some of those pictures were pretty wild.

Answer 6

there has been 2048 nukes set off in the world and 1054 set off by america and then 748 set off by the soviets and then the rest was other countries. there has not been any set off since the 90's because of the law that many countries agreed not to launch but china still set off around 5.

Answer 7

Lots of test.

Only two used to kill people.

Both by America.

Now who's nuclear program should we be worried about.

Answer 8

Unknowen

Goverments around the word will not tell all.

Answer 9

I didn't count. Bye my freind told me 2424200 (that's his ph. no.)