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Military > Nuclear weapons Stats: compare key data on China & France

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STAT China France
Atmospheric tests 23
Ranked 3rd.
57
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than China
Nuclear warheads 250
Ranked 4th.
300
Ranked 3rd. 20% more than China
Peaceful use tests 0.0
Ranked 4th.
4
Ranked 2nd.
Share of all nuclear tests 2.22%
Ranked 3rd.
10.2%
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than China
Share of all nuclear tests by yield 4.51%
Ranked 2nd. 80% more than France
2.51%
Ranked 3rd.
Test detonations 47
Ranked 3rd.
217
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than China
Total yield of all tests 24,409 Kt
Ranked 2nd. 80% more than France
13,567 Kt
Ranked 3rd.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Worldwide nuclear testing counts and summary (Worldwide nuclear testing totals by country) (Defined as these classes of tests: atmospheric, surface, barge, cratering, space, and underwater tests.); http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/nuclearweapons/nukestatus.html, April 2014; Wikipedia: Worldwide nuclear testing counts and summary (Worldwide nuclear testing totals by country) (As declared so by the nation testing; some may have been dual use.); Wikipedia: Worldwide nuclear testing counts and summary (Worldwide nuclear testing totals by country); Wikipedia: Worldwide nuclear testing counts and summary (Worldwide nuclear testing totals by country) (Detonations include zero-yield detonations in safety tests and failed full yield tests, but not those in the accident category listed above.)

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