The five recognized nuclear-weapons states under the NPT are also the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent, authoritative sources including the UN's own terminology database, Arms Control Association, NTI, and Carnegie Endowment. Well-established, uncontested fact. [tier=gold indep_score=0.838 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- List of states with nuclear weapons (wikipedia)
- https://www.nti.org/education-center/treaties-and-regimes/treaty-on-the-non-proliferation-of-nuclear-weapons/ (corroboration)
- https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2022-01/news/npt-nuclear-weapon-states-reject-nuclear-war (corroboration)
- https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/view/f64083de-b8f1-46a8-a321-6b11ff41c2e6 (corroboration)
- https://carnegieendowment.org/posts/2020/03/nuclear-powers-must-lead-on-arms-control?lang=en (corroboration)