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Nuclear Weapons Landscape 2025

June 25 , 2025 14 hrs 0 min 25 0
  • The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) Yearbook 2025 was published recently.
  • 12,241 nuclear warheads owned globally and ~9,614 in military stockpiles.
  • Russia (5,459) and USA (5,177) hold over 90% of global warheads.
  • India has 180 stored nuclear warheads as of January 2025.
  • Pakistan stocks estimated at 170 warheads as of January 2025.
  • China has 600 nuclear warheads, growing at ~100 per year since 2023.
  • The nine nuclear-armed states of the World are the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel.


 

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