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How many nukes are out there?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Nuclear Weapons - The Sticky One

The peaceful use of nuclear energy. This says everybody has the right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. As long as they're not using this nuclear tack to make nuclear weapons, jolly good. The nuke boys can help you build things like light water reactors. There's a whole regime of international monitoring, but eh, you'll see mixed results. Imperfections may be purposeful imperfections in these agreements. And that leads us to the most troubling question about nuclear weapons, how many are out there? In a very real way, this is the stuff they don't want you to know.

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