Worldwide nuclear weapons availability rose in 2022
Pakistan, Russia, China, India, North Korea all increased stockpiles of warheads in 2022
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Pakistan, Russia, China, India, North Korea all increased stockpiles of warheads in 2022
The global number of operational atomic warheads increased in 2022, driven largely by Russia and China. The nine official and unofficial nuclear powers held 9,576 ready-to-use warheads in 2023 -- up from 9,440 the previous year.
The latest report by the Norwegian Nuclear Weapons Control Programme says that as fear of nuclear war rises, the global arsenal of nuclear weapons available for use in the nine nuclear states has seen an alarming increase.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on March 25 that, at Minsk’s request, Moscow would deploy its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, similar to what the United States has been doing for some time on the territories of its allies