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Nuclear warfare is a war involving the use of
nuclear weapons. Nuclear-weapons research
began in Britain 1940, but was transferred to
the USA after it entered World War II. The
research programme, known as the Manhattan
Project, was directed by J Robert
Oppenheimer. The worldwide total of nuclear
weapons in 1990 was about 50,000, and the
number of countries possessing nuclear
weapons stood officially at five-USA, USSR,
UK, France, and China-although some other
nations were thought either to have a usable
stockpile of these weapons (Israel) or the
ability to produce them quickly (Brazil,
India, Pakistan, and South Africa).
Subject by: Shaun Jay