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

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Atmospheric tests: Atmospheric tests.
Nuclear tests: Tests.
Nuclear warheads: Total nuclear warheads.
Peaceful use tests: Peaceful tests.
Share of all nuclear tests: By test count.
Share of all nuclear tests by yield: By yield.
Test detonations: Detonations.
Total yield of all tests: Total yield, kt.

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STAT	China	North Korea
Atmospheric tests	23 Ranked 3rd.	0.0 Ranked 6th.
Nuclear tests	47 Ranked 1st. 16 times more than North Korea	3 Ranked 3rd.
Nuclear warheads	250 Ranked 4th. 25 times more than North Korea	10 Ranked 9th.
Peaceful use tests	0.0 Ranked 4th.	0.0 Ranked 6th.
Share of all nuclear tests	2.22% Ranked 3rd. 16 times more than North Korea	0.141% Ranked 5th.
Share of all nuclear tests by yield	4.51% Ranked 2nd. 2050 times more than North Korea	0.0022% Ranked 6th.
Test detonations	47 Ranked 3rd. 16 times more than North Korea	3 Ranked 6th.
Total yield of all tests	24,409 Kt Ranked 2nd. 2034 times more than North Korea	12 Kt Ranked 6th.

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.); Wikipedia: Worldwide nuclear testing counts and summary (Worldwide nuclear testing totals by country) (Including salvo tests counted as a single test.); 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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