The continuation of the process of increasing nuclear warheads by the great powers

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting According to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the world’s nuclear powers are increasingly relying on nuclear deterrence due to numerous international conflicts.

According to the annual report released on Monday Published by the Stockholm Peace Research Institute Sipri, the number of operational nuclear warheads is constantly increasing.

Of course, discarded warheads are being dismantled and the global Nuclear weapons have been declining for decades. At the same time, more warheads are becoming operational.

According to information from the Cipri Institute, as countries increasingly rely on nuclear deterrence, the number of nuclear weapons in development has also increased. Is. Of the estimated global inventory of 12,121 warheads as of January 2024, approximately 9,585 warheads were available for potential use in military stockpiles. According to this report, about 3,904 of these warheads were installed on missiles and aircraft, which was 60 more than in January 2023. The rest were in the central warehouses.

According to the information of this institute, a total of 9 countries have nuclear weapons. The leaders in this list are the USA and Russia. Their reserves include about 90% of all nuclear warheads. Britain is in third place, followed by France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and the Zionist regime. Germany does not have such weapons.

Russia and the United States of America, in addition to their military stockpiles, each have more than 1,200 warheads that were previously removed from the military arsenal and are gradually being phased out. are being dismantled.

“Dan Smith”, president of the Cipri Institute, said: “Unfortunately, while the total number of nuclear warheads around the world is gradually decreasing finds, but the number of operational nuclear warheads continues to increase each year.

Peace researchers expect this trend to continue and accelerate, which is “very worrying

According to the information of this organization, about 2100 of these warheads were on high alert with ballistic missiles. Accordingly, almost all of these warheads belonged to Russia or the United States of America. For the first time, China has also kept some of its warheads on high alert.

These public nuclear arsenals in China count from 410 warheads. In January 2023, it reached 500 warheads in January 2024. “China is expanding its nuclear arsenal faster than any other country,” said Hans Christensen, an expert at the Sipri Institute.

The report says: “But no one really wants to let anyone look at their cards.” Since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, transparency has also decreased. However, the discussion about the joint use of nuclear weapons has become more important.

Wilfred Vaughan, head of the CIPRI weapons of mass destruction program, said: “We have not seen nuclear weapons play such a prominent role in international relations since the Cold War.” p style=”text-align:justify”>Nuclear diplomacy has failed several times since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2023, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin’s New Start disarmament treaty – the latest. Importantly, it suspended nuclear disarmament with the United States. This would limit both countries’ nuclear arsenals and regulate inspections. Talks on a replacement agreement for the treaty, which expires in 2026, have also been suspended.

In November 2023, Russia withdrew from the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). CTBT) withdrew, citing “imbalances” with the United States, which had not ratified the treaty since it opened for signature in 1996. Recently, Russia announced tactical nuclear weapons exercises near the Ukrainian border in May 2024.

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