![]() ![]() nuclear warheads are inactive in stockpiles awaiting processing. In particular, under the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty thousands of Russian and U.S. ![]() With the exception of Russia and the United States (which have subjected their nuclear forces to independent verification under various treaties) these figures are estimates, in some cases quite unreliable estimates. This list is informally known in global politics as the "Nuclear Club". The following is a list of states that have admitted the possession of nuclear weapons or are presumed to possess them, the approximate number of warheads under their control, and the year they tested their first weapon and their force configuration. Large stockpile with global range (dark blue), smaller stockpile with global range (medium blue), small stockpile with regional range (light blue) ![]() Statistics and force configuration Weapons of mass destruction While 2,000 warheads which are primarily from Russia and United States are maintained for high operational alerts. About 3, 844 warheads are deployed with missiles. In its recent research, SIPRI estimated the total number of nuclear warheads acquired by nuclear states reached 12,512 in January 2023.Īpproximately 9,576 are kept with military stockpiles. Around 30% of these are deployed with operational forces, and more than 90% are owned by either Russia or the United States. States that formerly possessed nuclear weapons are South Africa (developed nuclear weapons but then disassembled its arsenal before joining the NPT) and the former Soviet republics of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine, whose weapons were transferred to Russia.Īccording to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the worldwide total inventory of nuclear weapons as of 2021 stood at 13,080. One possible motivation for nuclear ambiguity is deterrence with minimum political cost. Israel is estimated to possess somewhere between 75 and 400 nuclear warheads. Israel is also generally understood to have nuclear weapons, but does not acknowledge it, maintaining a policy of deliberate ambiguity. North Korea had been a party to the NPT but withdrew in 2003. Since the NPT entered into force in 1970, these three states were not parties to the Treaty and have conducted overt nuclear tests. Other states that possess nuclear weapons are India, Pakistan, and North Korea. Of these, the three NATO members, the UK, US, and France, are sometimes termed the P3. In order of acquisition of nuclear weapons, these are the United States, Russia (the successor of the former Soviet Union), the United Kingdom, France, and China. Five are considered to be nuclear-weapon states ( NWS) under the terms of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Eight sovereign states have publicly announced successful detonation of nuclear weapons. ![]()
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