Worrying statistic: The British Guardian newspaper reported this morning (Monday) that the world’s nuclear arsenal will grow for the first time in decades. The paper quoted the International Peace Research Institute in Stockholm, saying that “nuclear powers should take immediate action to prevent the increased chance of weapons being used.”
The Swedish Research Institute added that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the support of Western countries in Kiev, have increased tensions between countries holding nuclear weapons around the world. “All nuclear-armed states are increasing or upgrading their weapons depots, and most are sharpening their nuclear rhetoric and the role that nuclear weapons play in their military strategies,” he said. Wilfred VanDirector of the Mass Destruction Weapons Program at the Institute.
The institute also said that Russia has the largest nuclear arsenal in the world, with 5,977 nuclear warheads, about 550 more than the United States has. Together, the two countries have more than 90% of the world’s nuclear warheads. Although, China is in the midst of nuclear expansion. Inside such, Stefan LufbenThe former Swedish Prime Minister, stressed that “relations between the world’s great powers have deteriorated even further, at a time when humanity and the planet are facing a set of common challenges that can only be addressed through international cooperation.”
As you may recall, in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, experts in the West warned last April that Russia’s nuclear capability was “alarming” and could not be ignored, especially in light of the fact that Russia’s president Vladimir Putin He started a war in Ukraine to “keep himself in power” and was forced to reorganize after failing to occupy the capital Kyiv.