Nuclear Weapons in your Nation

[Confederate Socialist States of America]

'50+' warheads is a very small number. Even the United Kingdom has approximately 225, with 160-180 estimated as being operational. Though that said, the UK has the capacity in missile payload for as many as 464 W88-sized warheads, and almost 700 of a smaller type, operating 58 Trident-II missiles.

But anywho.

The People's Standing Army has enlisted specialist Spetsnaz groups as WMD-capable. These are known as the SNAB, SCAB and SBAB (Samozniy Nuclear/Chemical/Biological Assault Brigade, respectively) and are also the first-response of SONEA (Samozniy Office of Nuclear Energy and Armaments) to CBRN disasters and attacks, with the SNAB 'doubling up' to the role-encompassing radiological disaster, as well as direct nuclear disaster.

As such, these units (referring to specifically SNAB) participate alongside regular infantry and possess extremely light well-sub-kiloton tactical warheads (estimated at 50-250 tonnes variable yield) at the Platoon level, and immediate access and authority to call down atomic strikes from all sources - gravity bomb, guided missile, SLBM, ICBM, SRBM, IRBM etc. SLBM strikes are typically done under Navy authority, however. Nuclear anti-ship and anti-sub weapons are used entirely on Navy authority, while the majority of 'strategic' nuclear warheads are typically commanded by SONEA directly, acting above the military at large, which operates its own 'tactical' warheads. Some 'strategic'-type ballistic missiles and high-yield warheads are operated by the Army, either for their area denial value, or for their MIRV warheads, which may carry a number of tactical-yield devices to distant battlefield targets from their silos.

50 Warheads is the estimated number (ok, there are several estimates) it would take to bring on Nuclear Winter. I figure that if you possess enough Nuclear Weapons to blow up the world at least once, you have too many (or a large stockpile).

[New Joshlands]

I figure that if you possess enough Nuclear Weapons to blow up the world at least once, you have too many (or a large stockpile).

We are of the same opinion. That is why we stockpile far less than 50 nuclear weapons. Our possession of nuclear weapons is rooted in mutually assured destruction.

[-The Desert Rangers]

The only nuclear weapons our nation possesses are the occasional undetonated nuclear device buried in the ground from The Great War and several Fat Man portable Nuclear launchers.

[Swith Witherward]

We can neither confirm or deny that nuclear weapons exist or do not exist without our nation.

[Mandicoria]

MT wise:
We have an arsenal of about eh 1,000 nukes. We set that as the global limit since we saw nuclear weaponry destroy most civilization during the Grand World War.

Early FT wise:
We have an arsenal of about 15 thousand of those bad boys, however they're all being converted to only be used for the global defence network.

FT wise:
We don't have an arsenal, we manufactre them and give em to smaller nations but we don't have one. We have an Ion weapons arsenal which is FAR more destructive.

[Distruzio]

Nuclear weapons are the ultimate repudiation of individual property rights. The Realm will have nothing to do with mass slaughter, property destruction, or collective obliteration.

[Greater Ilanar]

My nation is prepared always to destroy the rest of the World if the rest of the World comes asking for a fight. We have 1,203 deliverable nuclear weapons and are currently working on creating a nuclear defense system.

[Mesoland]

Mesoland possesses significant nuclear capability, with an undisclosed number of warheads (believed to be in excess of 2,000) in the possession of Mesoland at any one time. Mesoland also possesses nuclear submarines and many vessels which carry and are able to deploy warheads. Mesoland has carried out around forty nuclear tests on it's own territory (mostly conducted in the great desert), and around fifteen in the overseas territory of Pelitoo. Mesoland has not used a nuclear warhead or device in an act of war as far is disclosed, and has not used her nuclear capabilities as a threat towards another sovereign territory as of yet.

[Exogenous Imperium]

We have a standing nuclear arsenal. We also used modified nuclear bombs for large scale mining and construction.

[AETEN II]

We use them as warheads in our starships' concussion missile tubes. However, we have a couple large Hail Mary Antimatter missiles. Their use however is controversial and can only be authorized in a conflict by the Council, Aeten's executive branch. Mainly because a single missle could induce an apocolypic event on a planet and could create a wound in the Force. Which would threaten the survival of the entire galaxy. See Darth Nihilus. We don't want that. At all.

[The Ninth Legion]

The primary weapon system used by The Ninth Legion against other starships is the 1 megaton bomb pumped x-ray laser of which even the smaller vessels have around a thousand. Relativistic kinetics are also popular, especially against planetary bodies. Even our fusion torch drive systems can be used as a weapon of mas destruction.

[Charlotte Ryberg]

Minoa also openly possesses nuclear weapons as part of a deterrence and defence system. Out of the 5,670 warheads in total, 877 are active. Minoa has not given any of their nuclear weapons to Charlotte Ryberg when the country seceded on 6 October 2041.

[Meridiani Planum]

Who needs nuclear weapons when we have orbital mass drivers?

[Ulvena]

We got this: http://i.imgur.com/6gFIA.jpg
Prism Missile

And we have exactly 100 nuclear missiles. We don't plan on making any more since we need the extra uranium for nuclear power.

[Europe and Asia]

We have more than enough to destroy anyone who tries to mess with us. Meaning over 1 million.

[Czinuzkkia]

We do have several thousand warheads, though they are /very/ ppwerful, we have better means of defence to play with

[Teddy Bear Republic]

The TBRE has 70 nuclear warheads, and we will only use them in a doomsday situation.

[Mapletish]

The Mapletish Union has 200 nuclear warheads currently in stock at the Mapletish Nuclear Weapons Storage.

[Walosia]

Walosia has about 2 500 nuclear warheads in our arsenal.

Walosia has about 400 bio warfare warheads in our arsenal.

[Urran]

Yes, we have a large amount

[Little Flowers]

Anyone with the money or means may have/hold/use nuclear devices.

[Imperium Sidhicum]

In our age when nuclear weapons are considered merely a step up in conventional munitions, accounting for all of them would be a futile effort. Their numbers certainly go into tens, if not hundreds, of millions.

From multi-gigaton fusion bombs capable of turning significant portions of entire continents into plate glass used in full-scale planetary bombardments to more ordinary tactical nukes all the way down to sub-kiloton micro-nukes capable of levelling a city block fired from man-portable launchers, nuclear munitions are commonplace among land and aerospace forces alike, most requiring only the local commander's sanction to be used unless general ROE specifies otherwise.

Every starship larger than a destroyer (and very often frigates and destroyers too) carries a stock of thermonuclear warheads for use against hardened targets like other ships, starbases and planetside fortifications. Likewise, every cohort in every legion has it's own stash of nukes to be used at cohort commander's discretion unless specified otherwise.

The clean all-fusion design of most contemporary nukes as well the universal use of powered armor that provides advanced NBC protection by Sidh forces makes radioactive contamination a relatively minor hazard, the fallout produced being far less radioactive and more short-lived than would be the case with older fission or fission-fusion designs, except for area denial munitions specifically designed to create ample highly-radioactive fallout to contaminate an area, denying it's use to the enemy.

Still, it would be a gross overstatement to say that Sidh forces or their usual adversaries casually use nukes, their deployment normally being reserved for situations where more conventional munitions are insufficient. Even with the "clean" designs, the ecocidal factor is still considerable due to the amount of dust, soot and toxic gasses injected into planetary atmosphere, so Sidh commanders are expected to exercise good judgement before authorizing the deployment of such weapons - there's no point in nuking the enemy into submission just to conquer a hostile frozen wasteland of a world that has no further uses to the Imperium.

Consequently, nuclear munitions are usually deployed in precision strikes against high-value enemy targets, and their use is avoided where possible on habitable Earth-like worlds, especially on defensive campaigns where the said worlds belong to the Imperium. An engagement on a desolate world uninhabitable without special shelters and equipment is more likely to see the use of nukes, given how the environment is already lifeless and hostile.

There's even a variant of fusion bomb available on civilian market as a seismic charge, normally used by asteroid miners to crack mineral-rich asteroids down to more managable size. While not normally designed for military use, seismic charges can rather easily be repurposed for illicit uses with fairly little modification by terrorist groups and criminal organizations. However, incidents involving an actual use of a repurposed seismic charge are very rare, the authorities usually disrupting attempts by illegal organizations to procure such devices.

[Ibarra]

there's political interest in develop nuclear weapons.
However there is no scientific or economic support and only a few politicians suppport this idea.

[Peoples Republic of Cesarland]

Our nation has brought many nuclear bombs from other nations and now we are using the uranium we bought to power nuclear power plants to secretly develop nuclear missiles. Whoops too many info you didn't see anything here, gentlemen.

[New Lyrane]

Our words are backed by NUCLEAR WEAPONS!

... but then again, we are not only FT, we are quite a long way away from Earth, that wretched hive of scum and villainy.