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North Korea launched what is presumed to be a banned intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, marking an “end to its self-imposed moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile testing.”
Vladimir Putin has placed Russia's nuclear forces on "special alert", a move that UN Secretary General António Guterres has described as a "chilling development".
Russia’s war against Ukraine entered its 4th day, with much of the globe rallying behind Ukraine’s strong resistance. Still, President Putin waved a nuclear saber this morning, as the two sides plan talks.
This issue of the Nuclear Notebook examines Israel’s nuclear arsenal, which we estimate includes a stockpile of roughly 90 warheads. Israel neither officially confirms nor denies that it possesses nuclear weapons, and our estimate is therefore largely based on calculations of Israel’s stockpile of weapon-grade plutonium and its inventory of operational nuclear-capable delivery systems.