The table reveals information about how much nuclear weapons were owned by 7 different nations across 1965, 1990 and 2005.
Overall, it is noticeable from the chart that most of the counties experienced an upward trend and the leader of the table has not changed. While Japan and Germany remained stable, others fluctuated significantly with increases at the end.
To begin, the number of weapons in China in 1965 comprised just 10 weapons and had climbed dramatically for approximately 26 times in 25 years, before wenting down in the next 15 years with its final weapons, which accounted for 192 pieces. Moving to France, within 7 weapons at the beginning, it saw a moderate growth in 1990 for 42 weapons and a small decline in 1990 with only 32 weapons. While these two nations were changing, the amount of nuclear weapons owned in Japan and Germany exceeded 0 in three different years, making them the lowest.
Furthermore, the UK, Russia and USA, as the three biggest countries showed sharp oscillation. While the amount of weapons in Russia and USA comprised 196 and 378 in 1965, there were just 15 weapons in the UK. In 25 years all three countries grew dramaticly
