Brazil and weapons of mass destruction
| Federative Republic of Brazil | |
|---|---|
| Nuclear program start date | 1970s (ended in 1990) |
| First nuclear weapon test | None |
| First thermonuclear weapon test | None |
| Last nuclear test | None |
| Largest yield test | None |
| Total tests | None |
| Peak stockpile | None |
| Current stockpile | None |
| Current strategic arsenal | None |
| Cumulative strategic arsenal in megatonnage | None |
| Maximum missile range | None |
| NPT party | Yes |
| Weapons of mass destruction |
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| Non-state |
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In the 1970s and 1980s, during the military dictatorship, Brazil had a secret program intended to develop nuclear weapons. The program was dismantled in 1990, five years after the military regime ended. Brazil is considered to possess no weapons of mass destruction but does have some of the key technologies needed to produce nuclear weapons.
Brazil is one of many countries (and one of the last) to forswear nuclear weapons under the terms of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. It is also a nuclear latent State — a country with the technical capability to develop nuclear weapons, without having pursued that possibility.