See How Much You Know About Weapons of Mass Destruction

South Koreans wearing gas masks run out of a building during a civil defense drill in Seoul.
South Koreans wearing gas masks run out of a building during a civil defense drill in Seoul. Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images

Test your knowledge of WMDs, from nuclear technologies to nuclear-armed states.

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August 6, 2019 10:00 am (EST)

South Koreans wearing gas masks run out of a building during a civil defense drill in Seoul.
South Koreans wearing gas masks run out of a building during a civil defense drill in Seoul. Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images
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As new technologies have delivered nonconventional weapons capable of inflicting mass casualties, nations have increasingly pursued nonproliferation efforts. Find out how much you know about weapons of mass destruction.

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