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Jan 23, 2024 · Despite decades of arms control agreements there are still about 13,000 nuclear warheads globally, 90% of them Russian and American. Six other countries are declared nuclear powers: the UK, France ...
Feb 18, 2024 · "There is no doubt that if you have nuclear weapons on a base, that base is more likely to be targeted in a nuclear conflict with Russia," he said. "There's no doubt that once you have nuclear ...
Mar 28, 2024 · The base is one of the largest employment sites in Scotland, with thousands of people working there, many of whom chose to make the West of Scotland home after they leave service. 2020 saw the ...
This month, SIPRI launched SIPRI Yearbook 2024. Key findings of the Yearbook are that the number and types of nuclear weapons in development have increased as states deepen their reliance on nuclear deterrence. Of the total global inventory of an estimated 12 121 warheads in January 2024, about 9585 were in military stockpiles for potential use.
Jun 17, 2024 · Reuters. FILE PHOTO: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks to the media on the day of the NATO defence ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 13, 2024.
Jun 16, 2024 · 16 June 2024 • 3:33pm. Jens Stoltenberg at a Nato press conference in Brussels Credit: JOHANNA GERON/REUTERS. Nato is in talks to deploy more nuclear weapons in the face of a growing threat from ...
Jun 17, 2024 · In May 2024 Russia carried out tactical nuclear weapon drills close to the Ukrainian border. ‘We have not seen nuclear weapons playing such a prominent role in international relations since the cold war,’ said Wilfred Wan, Director of SIPRI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme.
