Worldwide+Conflicts+and+Wars

- • Acknowledged: Britain, China , France , India , Pakistan , Russia , United States •  Unacknowledged: Israel •  Seeking: North Korea ,1 Iran2 •  Abandoned: South Africa — Constructed but then voluntarily dismantled six uranium bombs. Belarus, Kazakhstan , Ukraine — When Soviet Union broke up, these former states possessed nuclear warheads that they have since given up. 1.  In Dec. 2002, North Korea revealed that it had violated its 1994 agreement to freeze its nuclear weapons program and has been developing a nuclear bomb. On April 24,2003, North Korea announced it possessed a nuclear bomb but this claim has not been verified. 2.  In Aug. 2005, U.S. intelligence estimated that Iran would possess nuclear weapons in the next decade. Source; U.S. State Department and TIME magazine. 1.  MER = market exchange rate. 2.  Spending figures are in U.S. dollars, at constant (2003) prices and exchange rates. 3.  Estimated figure. //Source: SIPRI Yearbook 2006, //Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
 * Worldwide Conflicts and Wars **
 * __ Countries with Nuclear Weapons Capability __**
 * __ Largest Military Expenditures, 2005 (Military expenditure: in MER1 dollar terms) __**
 * Rank || .Country || Spending level2 ($ billions)  ||   Per   capita   ($)  || World share (%)  ||
 * 1. || United States || $478.2  || $1,604 || 48% ||
 * 2. || United Kingdom || 48.3  || 809 || 5 ||
 * 3. || France || 46.2 || 763 || 5 ||
 * 4. || Japan || 42.1  || 329 || 4 ||
 * 5. || China3 || 41.0  || 31.2 || 4 ||
 * 6. || __ Germany __ || 33.2  || 401 || 3 ||
 * 7. || Italy . || 27.2  ||  468  || 3 ||
 * 8. || Saudi Arabia || 25.2  || 1,025 || 3 ||
 * 9. || Russia3 || 21.0  || 147 || 2 ||
 * 10. || India || $20.4  || $18.5 || 2% ||
 * 11. || South Korea || 16.4  ||  344 || 2 ||
 * // 12. //// ....  // || Canada ||  10.6  || // 327 // || 1 ||
 * 13. || Australia || 10.5  || 522  || 1 ||
 * 14. || Spain || 9.9  || 230 || 1 ||
 * 15. || Israel || 9.6  || 1,430 || 1 ||
 * || Subtotal, top 15 || $839.8 ||  || 84% ||
 * || .World || $1,001.0  || 155  || 100% ||
 * 14. || Spain || 9.9  || 230 || 1 ||
 * 15. || Israel || 9.6  || 1,430 || 1 ||
 * || Subtotal, top 15 || $839.8 ||  || 84% ||
 * || .World || $1,001.0  || 155  || 100% ||