SIPRI, an independent think tank, released its latest annual assessment of the world's nuclear arsenals.
A Swedish think tank on Monday reported that the number of nuclear warheads in the world that are in"military stockpiles for potential use" has increased in the past year.
In its annual assessment, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said that useable nuclear warheads in military stockpiles increased worldwide in 2022. Despite efforts by world leaders over the years to decrease the number of nuclear weapons, there were 12,512 warheads in global stockpiles as of January 2023, according to SIPRI.
Of those 12,512 nuclear warheads, an estimated 9,576 were available for potential use, which represents an increase of 86 warheads since January 2022. While other countries host nuclear weapons, the nine nations identified by SIPRI as being nuclear powers were listed as the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, China, France, India, Israel, North Korea and Pakistan.
Members of the U.S. Air Force carry a missile in preparation to load an F-22 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, on October 11, 2022. The United States is among the countries with the largest nuclear arsenals, according to a new report.SIPRI reported that of those nine nuclear-armed nations in the world, the U.S. and Russia possess nearly 90 percent of all nuclear weapons.
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