This infographic is the most up-to-date, as it appears in the first English edition of the Atlas of Wars and Conflicts in the World, out later this Spring. A graphic data visualization helps us answer timely questions, such as:
Which countries would be involved in a nuclear conflict in Europe?
What budgets are allocated to maintain and modernize nuclear arsenals?
Which areas of the world have banned nuclear weapons?
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9 countries in the world have nuclear capability. 5 Ststes host US nuclear warheads in advanced NATO Nuclear Sharing deployments; 27 states support military nuclear power, either as part of nuclear alliances (NATO) or as allies of nuclear countries. 54 countries have banned the atomic bomb. The total number of nuclear warheads is 13,400: 3,720 have been deployed, of which 1,800 are ready for launch.
More than 90% belong to the USA and Russia, the only states to have constantly reduced their arsenals since the historic peak of 70,300 warheads in 1986. China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and the UK, on the other hand, are pursuing vertical proliferation, i.e. an increase in the number of warheads.
Historically, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus have also controlled ex-USSR nuclear warheads, while South Africa is the only nuclear state to have denuclearised (1991).
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