US EditionDeployed Nuclear Warheads Rose Again in 2025, Report Finds
The nine nuclear-armed states increased their arsenals in 2025, with 40% of nearly 10,000 warheads deployed on ballistic missiles, submarines, or bomber bases, report says.
- The Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor report found nearly 10,000 nuclear weapons quickly available for use in 2025, calling it a "concerning development" amid intensifying armed conflicts globally.
- Nearly all nine nuclear-armed states—Russia, United States, China, France, United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea—are increasing their arsenals, as none have joined the TPNW treaty.
- The nine states possessed 12,187 warheads combined at 2026's start, with 4,012 deployed on ballistic missiles or bombers; this stockpile equals 135,000 Hiroshima-sized bombs' destructive potential.
- "The era of nuclear reduction is over," said Hans Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, warning that "Nuclear posturing is on autopilot."
- The report highlighted "the erosion of the longstanding disarmament, non-proliferation, and arms control regime," including New START's lapsing in February, increasing risks of rapid escalation and accidental use.
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Risk or security guarantee? In the face of global conflicts and wars, nuclear weapons are on the rise again.
Geneva. The number of nuclear weapons deployed and prepared for use increased significantly last year, indicated a report published yesterday, which described progress as “worrying progress”, in a context of escalating armed conflicts.
The nuclear-weapon States are intensifying the production and development of nuclear weapons and the number of weapons prepared for use has increased almost 10,000 years ago, on the basis of increasingly tense conflicts. An international report warns that this trend is leading to a new arms race and increases the risk of climbing and accidental use.
There are nearly 10,000 deployable nuclear weapons in the world today, with a combined destructive power equivalent to 135,000 Hiroshima bombs, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) said on Thursday. The atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city in 1945 killed more than 140,000 people. While the number of nuclear warheads has fallen by 141 since the beginning of 2025 to 12,187 by the beginning of this year, the number of nu…
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