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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
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- According to updated count by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the number of nuclear warheads with nine nuclear countries has reduced from 14,935 at the start of 2017 to 14,465 at the start of 2018.
- These nine countries are United States, Russia, Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea.
- SIPRI is an independent think tank that uses open sources to compile such data since 1966.
- Russia (with 6850 nuclear warheads) and the US (with 6450 warheads) hold 92% of world’s total nuclear warheads.
- The reduction is due to arms control commitments by US and Russia in 2010 Treaty on Measures for Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START Treaty).
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