An NGO denounced an increase in the number of nuclear warheads in the world

The number of nuclear warheads that the nine countries possessing this type of weapons of mass destruction have is on the rise, a coalition of organizations that monitor stockpiles and work towards a total and definitive ban agreed today denounced.

There are currently 9,440 nuclear warheads available for use in missiles, planes, submarines and ships, with a power equivalent to 138,000 bombs such as the one dropped by the United States on Hiroshima in 1945.

“The war in Ukraine and Vladimir Putin's threats are a reminder of the enormous danger of living in a world where some states insist that their security must be based on their ability to (use) massive and indiscriminate nuclear violence,” said a representative of Norwegian Aid for Peoples.

This oenegé is part of the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons and today released its annual report on nuclear weapons, which indicates that in addition to the 9,440 that can be used at any time, there are 3,265 old nuclear warheads waiting to be dismantled in Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Until 2007, there was a decline in the global nuclear arsenal, but that year it began to slow down and useful stocks of nuclear warheads reached their lowest level in 2017, when there were 9,227 units.

Since then, the number of nuclear warheads began to increase again. According to the report, China, India, North Korea and Pakistan increased their arsenals last year, while the United Kingdom announced a significant potential increase.

In the case of Russia, there has been an increase in useful reserves in recent years, while in the United States they increased in 2019 and decreased again in 2020 and 2021.

The arsenals of France and Israel have remained constant, according to the report.

According to experts, the dismantling of old nuclear warheads will soon be completed and there will be no further reduction in inventories for this reason.

Meanwhile, “there is no evidence that any nuclear State is willing to enter a phase of nuclear disarmament”.

An international treaty banning nuclear weapons entered into force in 2021, but none of the nine nuclear countries have signed it.

The annual report on nuclear weapons considers the Iran regime and Saudi Arabia as “worrying cases”, since although they do not currently have nuclear bombs, both have technological capabilities that would allow their development and manufacture.

(With information from EFE)

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