ANKARA: Global nuclear arsenals expected to grow over in next decade for in first time after the Cold War, according to international study released on Monday.
world, the nine nuclear powers — Pakistan, the US, Russia, the UK, France, China, India, Israel, and North Korea — continue to modernize and build up their nuclear arsenals. rate it will probably increase over in next Decade, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) found in his newly released Yearbook 2022.
“There is clear signs that the abbreviations that characterized global nuclear arsenals from the end of the cold war is over.” – Wilfred Wang senior a SIPRI employee said in publication.
All of nuclear-weapon states are expanding or modernizing their arsenals and role in them military strategies, while also sharpening his nuclear rhetoric, Wang said, who this is director of SIPRI weapons of Program of mass destruction.
“This is a very worrying trend,” he said. added.
According to SIPRI, Russia and the US together own over 90 percent of all nuclear weapons, and the other seven countries either develop or implement new weapons systems.
China in particular in well of significantly expanding its nuclear arsenal, with satellite imagery indicating construction of over 300 new missile silos, according to the institute.
Accordingly, it is believed that several additional nuclear warheads were transferred to operational forces of Chinese military last yearafter delivery of new mobile launchers and submarine.
