States increasingly rely on nuclear weapons as instruments of national power, SIPRI warns
Of the total global inventory of an estimated 12,187 warheads in January 2026, about 9,745 were in military stockpiles for potential use.
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New START is dead — good riddance
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Nuclear weapons spending tops $90 billion in 2023
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Russia votes to revoke nuclear test-ban treaty
The Russian Parliament, the Duma, has voted to revoke a 1996 treaty that bans nuclear tests. It said the US never ratified it in the first place.