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Nuclear weapon states (NWS)

As defined by Article IX, paragraph 3 of the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the five states that detonated a nuclear device prior to January 1, 1967 (China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States).

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