Number of nuclear weapons in the world is set to rise in the coming years while the risk of such weapons being used is the greatest in decades, says a leading conflict and armaments think-tank
Russia has the world's biggest nuclear arsenal with a total of 5,977 warheads, some 550 more than the United States. In this file grab made from a handout video footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on April 20, 2022 shows the launching of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile at Plesetsk testing field, Russia. / AFP)
Russia's offensive in Ukraine and Western support for Kiev has heightened tensions among the world's nine nuclear-armed states, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute think-tank said on Monday in a new set of research. "All of the nuclear-armed states are increasing or upgrading their arsenals and most are sharpening nuclear rhetoric and the role nuclear weapons play in their military strategies," Wilfred Wan, Director of SIPRI's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme, said in the think-tank's 2022 yearbook.
In terms of overall numbers, China comes third with 350, followed by France with 290, Britain with 225, Pakistan with 165, India with 160 and Israel with 90.As for North Korea, SIPRI said for the first time that Kim Jong-un's Communist regime now has 20 nuclear warheads.SIPRI said the global number of nuclear warheads fell to 12,705 in January 2022 from 13,080 in January 2021.
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