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SIPRI estimates India has 172 warheads, while China has 500 and Pakistan has 170. Russia and the US hold almost 90% of all nuclear weapons.

Jens Stoltenberg accused of ‘escalation of tension’ as he warns of growing threat from Russia and China

North Korea has grown its nuclear arsenal and now possesses up to 50 weapons, a think tanks estimated.

Spending on nuclear weapons by the world's nine nuclear-armed states jumped by an estimated 13.4% to $91.4 billion led by the United States which accounted for more than half of the total spend, says a new report.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has criticized NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg for remarks about nuclear weapons Read Full Article at RT.com

SIPRI notes the effects of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza in reducing international security.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Nine nuclear-armed nations including the US, Russia, France, China, India and Pakistan, continued to modernise their nuclear arsenals and several of them deployed new nuclear-capable…

Stockholm: India has overtaken Pakistan in the global race to develop nuclear weapons for the first time, as several countries have ramped up their arsenal as tensions rise across the world. According to a report...

World’s nuclear states on course to spend $100bn in 2024. Plus, Benjamin Netanyahu dissolves war cabinet

MOSCOW, June 17 —The Kremlin said today that Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s remarks about talks on deploying...

A senior Ukrainian security official has issued a stark warning.

MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Monday that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's remarks about talks on deploying more nuclear weapons were an escalation.

The world’s nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their nuclear weapons as the countries deepened their reliance on such deterrence in 2023.

In response to the escalating threat from Russia and China, NATO is reportedly considering the deployment of additional nuclear weapons. The alliance is contemplating bringing these weapons out of storage and placing them on standby,…

The role of atomic weapons has become more prominent and nuclear states are modernizing arsenals as geopolitical relations deteriorate, researchers said Monday, urging world leaders to "step back and reflect".

The United States remains the largest investor in nuclear weapons as it spent $51.5 bln on its nuclear arms in 2023

Jens Stoltenberg told The Telegraph the alliance he leads is deploying more atomic weapons.

ICAN’s figures show a $10.7 billion increase in global spending on nuclear weapons in 2023 compared to 2022, with the United States accounting for 80% of it

NATO is considering putting more nuclear weapons on standby amid tensions with Russia and China, Stoltenberg has said Read Full Article at RT.com