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

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
	Ukraine	91%
Began nuclear weapon programme in 1939, halted by WWII, (now member of NATO nuclear sharing)	Germany	88%
Pursued nuclear weapons programme in 70s, forced to abandon after bombings by Israel	Iraq	88%
Fully developed six warheads but dismantled before testing	South Africa	88%
Pursued nuclear weapons programme during WWII, now considered 'nuclear capable'	Japan	86%
	Kazakhstan	86%
Inherited nuclear weapons after collapse of USSR, dismantled in exchange for compensation	Belarus	84%
	South Korea	84%
	Egypt	75%
	Brazil	73%
Though this country has no programme of its own, reports suggest intent to purchase a nuclear weapon from outside	Saudi Arabia	72%
	Syria	66%
Began nuclear weapons programmes then abandoned them	Argentina	64%
Began developing nuclear weapons but dismantled before completing	Libya	63%
Widely suspected to have started nuclear weapons research programmes in the past	Algeria	59%
	Taiwan	59%
Ran a nuclear weapons research program in the 50s	Sweden	50%
Pursued a secret nuclear weapons programme, abandoned after a civilian revolution	Romania	36%
Began nuclear weapons research less than two weeks after Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings, abandoned in 1988	Switzerland	27%
Widely suspected to have started a nuclear weapons research programme	Myanmar	23%