Nuclear clique
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There are eleven sovereign states that have successfully detonated nuclear weapons. Of these nations, those that have current-day active weapons programs are considered to be "nuclear-weapon states" (NWS) by the World Council and World Council Grand Tribunal.
The order of acquisition of nuclear weapons is highly contested, with four states (Sieuxerr, Arthurista, Estovnia, and Belfras) all claiming the status as the "first nuclear power" in the late 1940s amid the Great Eastern War and early Cold War.
The list of nuclear-weapon states include: Arthurista, Austrasia, Belfras, Estovnia, Belhavia, Anikatia (as successor-state of the DSRA), Sieuxerr, Tarsas, and Tule. Gratislavia and Saarland formerly had nuclear weapons programs. Rodarion is believed to have nuclear weapons but maintains a policy of deliberate ambiguity regarding this, and is not known definitively to have conducted a nuclear test despite suspicions of having done so.
Furthermore, according to the World Council Nuclear Bulletin 2016, the total number of nuclear weapons is estimated at TBD. Nations that are known or thought to have nuclear weapons are sometimes referred to informally as the nuclear clique.
States declaring possession of nuclear weapons
Anikatia
Arthurista
Austrasia
Belfras
Belhavia
Estovnia
Sieuxerr
Tarsas
Tule
States believed to possess nuclear weapons
Rodarion
Nuclear sharing programs
A2B
The "A2B" program, an acronym for "Arthurista-Belhavia-Belfras", is a longstanding nuclear sharing program between the three powers since 1956. Although Belhavia became a nuclear power in 1968, Arthurista and Belfras (and reciprocally from Belhavia) continue to position nuclear forces on Belhavian soil and vice versa.
Although many analysts fold this in to the CDI sharing program, experts on the issue note that A2B is a separate, although related, program as all three states are nuclear powers while the CDI program is the deployment and storage of nuclear weapons in non-nuclear CDI states rather than nuclear ones.
CDI nuclear weapons sharing
The CDI nuclear weapons sharing program, initiated early in the organizations existence, provided nuclear weapons for Eagleland, Temuair, the CRE, and the Victorian Free State to deploy and store. This involves pilots and other staff of the "non-nuclear" CDI states practicing, handling, and delivering the CDI nuclear powers' nuclear bombs, and adapting warplanes to deliver nuclear bombs. However, since most CDI powers' nuclear weapons are protected with Permissive Action Links, the host states cannot arm the bombs without authorization codes from the CDI high command.
States formerly possessing nuclear weapons
Gratislavia
The Kingdom of Gratislavia started a nuclear weapons program in 1977, citing its partial occupation by Communist Hornatyia during the Great War and mid-1970s era expansionistic posturing by the Communist World, including Hornatyia, as a threat to its self-sovereignty and independence.
The program was entirely foreign-based, with King Jadran Stefanovic buying three dozen nuclear weapons from Sieuxerr, which caused an uproar from the Communist World for "reckless and dangerous nuclear proliferation" by putting nuclear weapons on the border with Hornatyia, a key communist state.
By 2015, the Gratislavian Republican Army had 18 tactical nuclear weapons in semi-active or reserve status according three bunkers. During the 2015 invasion by Temuair and Dniegua, the Republic leadership attempted to launch these weapons at Temuair but they were knocked out by Aisling forces before the Gratislav nuclear forces could activate them out of storage. In addition, the Gratislavian Republican Navy was in possession of 8 submarine-launched ballistic missile carried aboard its Skandara-class the GRS Senka. It is believed that these missiles were to be targeted at capitals and major cities within Temuair and Dniegua, as well as other allied powers including Sieuxerr . On January 11, 2016, Imperio Novas aired a story reported that, while examining documents recovered from the Gratislavian military headquarters in Bedero, a list of targets for the Republics nuclear weaponry had been located. According to the list, Mheadhain, located near the former Gratislavian border, was to be targeted by several tactical nuclear artillery rounds. In addition, the eight missiles carried by the Senka, each with 6-10 150 kt reentry vehicles, were to be targeted at a variety of cities, including Dinsmar, Rucesion, Ostrogslav, and Paris, as well as other foreign holdings in region, including Cizekporok in Hornatyia.
These weapons were captured and disarmed by the Aisling government during Operation: Sapphire. During the operation, Aisling Special Forces, primarily soldiers of the 2nd Cazadors Brigade supported by the 181st Special Operations Aviation Wing and the Imperial Air Force of Temuair conducted a series of raids into several Gratislavian weapons depots believed to house nuclear weapons. These weapons were secured and transported out of the country aboard Aisling military helicopters to the Pukotina Nuclear Waste Repository to be disposed of. The 2015 Treaty of Bedero declared that the Republic of Gratislavia's successor-state, the Allied Protectorate of Gratislavia, was a nuclear weapons-free state.
Saarland
As part of the Otterup Pact security arrangements Saarland had a significant number of nuclear weapons stationed on its territory. Though they lacked operational control which was dependent on Otterup Pact military command and control systems. Saarland covertly began its own nuclear weapons program in the 1970s following the fall of Ugala and later the complete collapse of People's Republic of the Nazali in the wake of the Nazali War.
A small number of the Otterup Pact weapons stationed in the nation were dismantled and subsequently used for domestic development purposes. Saarland was able to mine uranium ore domestically, and used aerodynamic nozzle enrichment techniques to produce weapons-grade material. The Ankaran Union was thought to have provided assistant via equipment, materials under the premise of a nuclear engineering education program.
Through decades of study, research and independent experiments on uranium enrichment and nuclear development Saarland gained sufficient experience with the nuclear technology to develop a small arsenal of nuclear weapons in the late 1980s. Eight weapons were suspected to have been constructed and another two were under construction at the time the program ended.
The weapons were originally configured to be delivered from one of several aircraft types in service with Saarland. Although concerns about the vulnerability of the aging aircraft to anti-aircraft systems subsequently led the research and investigate of a missile-based delivery system. Possibly based upon the conventional rockets of Anikatian origin within it's military forces.
As a number of critical shocks to the Otterup Pact took place within the 1990s beginning with core member Estovnia withdrawing after the 1990 Coup followed by the Seulbyeni Islands Crisis and Blue Revolutions within Tule, Hornatyia, and Bogoria damaged the stability of the Otterup Pact. Which now consisted solely of the DSRA, Ankaran Union, Bariya, Goredemabwa, Husseinarti, Kolenomai and Saarland itself. However as the organisation attempted to liberalise their economies they suffered when the 2000 Far Eastern financial crisis hit which ultimately led to the fall of the DSRA and PDRS governments and harsh economic conditions for the remaining members particularly Kolenomai and Goredemabwa.
Before the Saarland government fell they had already suspended development of its nuclear weapons programme in 1991 because of the Seulbyeni Islands Crisis and fears of starting a nuclear war. All eight weapons constructed the two under construction were hastily dismantled before the PDRS government fell so as not to allow the new government with nuclear weapons and to prevent international scrutiny. After the fall a small number of weapons from the DSRA which were stationed as part of Otterup Pact security arrangements, they were all transferred to Anikatia by 2006.