Isn't it ironic that the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) are armed to the hilt with nuclear weapons? Is it a mere coincidence that largest suppliers of weapons around the world are also these same 5 permanent members of UNSC? (not in this article)
It's like the cops are not only armed to the hilt themselves with latest arms & ammunition but they also sell them to the public. Would you ever accept that if it were to happen in North America or Europe or, in fact, anywhere around the world? No, because it would be highly irresponsible of the police force. Then, are the leaders of all 5 permanent members of UNSC stupid?
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There are currently more than 16,300 nuclear weapons in the world – enough to kill everyone on the planet 100 times over.
... the US, UK, Russia, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, & North Korea. Between them, these nations possess 10,000 nuclear warheads, 4,100 of which are active.
The latest infographic uses data from the 'Nuclear Notebook', which since 1987 has tracked the number & type of the world's nuclear arsenals.
'I don't think people truly understand just how many of these weapons there are in the world,' said Rachel Bronson, executive director of the Bulletin, who publishes the notebook.
'The interactive is a way to see, immediately, who has nuclear weapons & when they got them, & how those numbers relate to each other. It is a startling experience, looking at those comparisons.' Russia & the US have most nuclear weapons, followed by the UK & France, according to the graphic.
Data for the US on the interactive map has been compiled using declassified documents from the US government, many of which were obtained using Freedom of Information requests. They combined this with figures from congressional hearings, specialty magazines, & confidential sources.
'Creating estimates for other nuclear-armed states can be more challenging because not all provide as much information as the US,' the authors write. For instance, Britain & France have published some information about their arsenals, but much is still unavailable.
For Russia & the remaining nuclear-armed, estimates rely on information from Western intelligence organisations, expert studies, news media reports, & satellite imagery.
Since the U.S unleashed the first nuclear bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki back in 1945 there have been a staggering 2056 nuclear tests recorded worldwide.
It took almost a year until the next substantial tests took place but by the mid-50s & 60s, nuclear experiments were being recorded across the globe on almost a monthly basis.
The threat of nuclear war that once hung over the world has eased since the Cold War amid sharp reductions in warheads but Russia & the US ... retain massively destructive nuclear arsenals.
Earlier this month, NATO officials said Russia's nuclear strategy appears to point to a lowering of the threshold for using nuclear weapons in any conflict.
Meanwhile, a separate report found that North Korea is poised to expand its nuclear program over the next 5 years & in a worst case scenario could possess 100 atomic arms by 2020.
It's like the cops are not only armed to the hilt themselves with latest arms & ammunition but they also sell them to the public. Would you ever accept that if it were to happen in North America or Europe or, in fact, anywhere around the world? No, because it would be highly irresponsible of the police force. Then, are the leaders of all 5 permanent members of UNSC stupid?
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There are currently more than 16,300 nuclear weapons in the world – enough to kill everyone on the planet 100 times over.
... the US, UK, Russia, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, & North Korea. Between them, these nations possess 10,000 nuclear warheads, 4,100 of which are active.
The latest infographic uses data from the 'Nuclear Notebook', which since 1987 has tracked the number & type of the world's nuclear arsenals.
'I don't think people truly understand just how many of these weapons there are in the world,' said Rachel Bronson, executive director of the Bulletin, who publishes the notebook.
'The interactive is a way to see, immediately, who has nuclear weapons & when they got them, & how those numbers relate to each other. It is a startling experience, looking at those comparisons.' Russia & the US have most nuclear weapons, followed by the UK & France, according to the graphic.
Data for the US on the interactive map has been compiled using declassified documents from the US government, many of which were obtained using Freedom of Information requests. They combined this with figures from congressional hearings, specialty magazines, & confidential sources.
'Creating estimates for other nuclear-armed states can be more challenging because not all provide as much information as the US,' the authors write. For instance, Britain & France have published some information about their arsenals, but much is still unavailable.
For Russia & the remaining nuclear-armed, estimates rely on information from Western intelligence organisations, expert studies, news media reports, & satellite imagery.
Since the U.S unleashed the first nuclear bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki back in 1945 there have been a staggering 2056 nuclear tests recorded worldwide.
It took almost a year until the next substantial tests took place but by the mid-50s & 60s, nuclear experiments were being recorded across the globe on almost a monthly basis.
The threat of nuclear war that once hung over the world has eased since the Cold War amid sharp reductions in warheads but Russia & the US ... retain massively destructive nuclear arsenals.
Earlier this month, NATO officials said Russia's nuclear strategy appears to point to a lowering of the threshold for using nuclear weapons in any conflict.
Meanwhile, a separate report found that North Korea is poised to expand its nuclear program over the next 5 years & in a worst case scenario could possess 100 atomic arms by 2020.
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