Which countries will detonate a nuclear weapon offensively in 2024?
Which countries will detonate a nuclear weapon offensively in 2024?
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resolved Jan 1
Resolved
NO
United States
Resolved
NO
Russia
Resolved
NO
United Kingdom
Resolved
NO
France
Resolved
NO
China
Resolved
NO
India
Resolved
NO
Pakistan
Resolved
NO
Israel
Resolved
NO
North Korea
Resolved
NO
[Other country not listed above]
Resolved
NO
[Non-state actor]
Resolved
NO
[Unattributed as of close time]

Tests, accidental detonations, and peaceful nuclear explosions are not included. During 2024, UTC time.

The weapon must detonate to be included.

This question is a draft; exact details of edge cases are still being worked out. Suggestions and discussion of potential edge cases are very welcome. Hopefully those can be nailed down in the next couple of days and it won't matter much to the bets before then.

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1y

I think I still need a good definition of "offensively" or a replacement for it. Perhaps simply any detonation that is not a test, an accident, or a peaceful detonation. Perhaps any such detonation that is outside of the originating country.

1y

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1y

Edge case: what if Country A hacks into or infiltrates Country B's nuclear arsenal and detonates Country B's nuke?

1y

@jack Good question! I have no idea. Probably turns into a fuzzy mess. Suggestions?

1y

@EvanDaniel I think it should be resolved to A in that case.

1y

@jack I'm mostly inclined to agree; following intent is good in lots of ways. The downside is that attribution to the arsenal is likely to be far easier, with lower risk of resolving as [unattributed].

1y

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1y

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1y

Just for the clarity of everyone participating, what is the last year this would have had one resolve Yes, and which answer would it have been in that year?

1y

@Eliza United States, 1945. I'm not aware of any reason to think there have been any other candidates or even edge cases since. Base rates seem to be fairly low.

I would personally be shocked if anything on this list resolves Yes without something like Will a nuclear weapon detonation cause at least 1 fatality, by end of 2024?NO also resolving Yes. (Caveat for slightly different date ranges; that market includes the remainder of 2023, this one does not.) Presumably this is an arbitrage opportunity. Ditto for Will any country use a nuclear weapon in 2024?NO .

To state some of those edge cases explicitly: it's possible a nuclear weapon gets used offensively without causing a fatality. It's possible something misresolves or we have slightly different definitions of "use" vs. "use offensively". It's possible that cases like a launch and successful missile intercept without nuclear detonation cause weird resolutions.

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