4. France
Points – 17
France ranks 4th in our list of countries that have weapons of mass destruction. It has signed all major nonproliferation treaties, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have an impressive stockpile of its own. In fact, it has some 300 nuclear warheads hidden in its bunkers, and it’s been known to conduct tests up until the mid-90s at various sites. The country has been pretty good at keeping its promise, however, and has stopped production of plutonium and highly enriched uranium which are used for such weapons.
The country is part of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and the Australia Group and hasn’t officially had a biological weapon for some 70 years. Before that, however, it managed to weaponize the potato beetle and researched terrifying pathogens that cause anthrax, salmonella, and even cholera. France also had a stockpile of mustard gas and phosgene back in the 40s, but has vowed to not produce any more in the future.
France is also one of the few countries to test out a hydrogen bomb.
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