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China Nuclear weapons Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK
Atmospheric tests 23 2000 3rd out of 6
Nuclear tests 47 2000 1st out of 4
Nuclear warheads 250 2014 4th out of 9
Peaceful use tests 0.0 2000 4th out of 6
Share of all nuclear tests 2.22% 2000 3rd out of 6
Share of all nuclear tests by yield 4.51% 2000 2nd out of 6
Test detonations 47 2000 3rd out of 6
Total yield of all tests 24,409 Kt 2000 2nd out of 6

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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