World Nuclear Powers to Reverse Post-Cold War Drop in Arsenals
- SIPRI report says nuclear-armed nations boosting stockpiles
- Risks of nuclear conflict have increased after Russia’s war
This article is for subscribers only.
The world’s nuclear-armed nations are set to boost their arsenals in the next decade, even as the number of such weapons fell last year, according to a report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI.
“All of the nuclear-armed states are increasing or upgrading their arsenals and most are sharpening nuclear rhetoric and the role nuclear weapons play in their military strategies,” Wilfred Wan, Director of SIPRI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme, said in a statement on Monday.