Countries that formerly had nuclear weapons or have pursued development of nuclear weapons

There are a few countries that either possess nuclear warheads or are very determined to obtain them. But how many of the countries can you name that either once possessed weapons or sought to develop them and since abandoned the idea?

Red = known to have possessed (or possesses) fully functioning nukes

Green = developed programmes far enough to have enriched uranium, or reached other high stage of development

Purple = pursued a research programme but never developed any real tangible resources

Blue = only suspected to seek nuclear capabilities

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Hint	Answer
Fully developed six warheads but dismantled before testing	South Africa
Inherited nuclear weapons after collapse of USSR, dismantled in exchange for compensation	Belarus
	Kazakhstan
	Ukraine
Began nuclear weapon programme in 1939, halted by WWII, (now member of NATO nuclear sharing)	Germany
Began developing nuclear weapons but dismantled before completing	Libya
Began nuclear weapons programmes then abandoned them	Argentina
	Brazil
	South Korea
	Taiwan

Hint	Answer
Pursued a secret nuclear weapons programme, abandoned after a civilian revolution	Romania
Pursued nuclear weapons programme during WWII, now considered 'nuclear capable'	Japan
Pursued nuclear weapons programme in 70s, forced to abandon after bombings by Israel	Iraq
Ran a nuclear weapons research program in the 50s	Sweden
Began nuclear weapons research less than two weeks after Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings, abandoned in 1988	Switzerland
Though this country has no programme of its own, reports suggest intent to purchase a nuclear weapon from outside	Saudi Arabia
Widely suspected to have started a nuclear weapons research programme	Myanmar
Widely suspected to have started nuclear weapons research programmes in the past	Algeria
	Egypt
	Syria

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