What will be the next country to come into possession of their own nuclear weapon?
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1kṀ2446
2031
22%
Saudi Arabia
14%
Iran
11%
Other
9%
Poland
8%
Canada
6%
South Korea
5%
Ukraine
4%
Sweden
3%
Australia
3%
Japan
3%
Germany
3%
Brazil
3%
Argentina
2%
Turkey
1.7%
N/A
1.6%
Taiwan

Both local development of a nuke and the receipt of a nuke by other means will resolve Yes. A nuke that legally belongs to another country but is consensually stored and ready to use in the territory or on weapons platforms belonging to a new country will resolve Yes, as will any other new or revealed nuke-sharing.

So if the Cuban Missile Crisis happened tomorrow, Cuba would resolve Yes. The same for the First Taiwan Straight Crisis. Likewise, Canada being revealed to secretly keep US-owned nukes in their territory would resolve Yes even though they were previously denied. Past shared weapons do not count.

When there is ambiguity as to whether a country actually has nukes or not, non-proliferation groups will be given priority as to their opinion. If you add a country, please check that they are not already widely understood to currently have or host nukes.

  • Update 2025-02-03 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Important Clarification:

    • Being nuked (i.e. a country being attacked with a nuclear weapon) does not count as coming into possession of a nuclear weapon, even if it is only temporary.

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It seems the phrase "receipt of a nuke by other means" is broad enough to include those delivered on warheads. Is that intentional?

@ShankarSivarajan Being nuked does not count as having a nuke, however briefly.

Turkey already has NATO-shared nukes. Not sure if you will want to resolve that YES or NA

@JoshuaWilkes I see a different user added Turkey

@JoshuaWilkes Edited it to say N/A but I don’t think early partial N/A is a thing for this kind of market. Obviously based on the description it’s invalid.

@Panfilo someone has added Germany and Turkey again

@JoshuaWilkes Well I can't N/A without getting mods, and it's a mini market from before the pivot, so I may just let people who don't read the description spend 10 mana on it.

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