TOP |  Global Times special correspondent Tang Xiang reported that according to Yonhap News Agency’s report on September 10, despite the efforts of various countries to reduce nuclear weapons after the end of the Cold War, the number of nuclear warheads held by various countries has not decreased as of September 1, and the total number will reach 23,300. Some analysts believe that 8,190 of the nuclear warheads can be launched immediately as long as an order is given. It is reported that North Korea possesses up to 10 strategic nuclear warheads, but the missile capability of carrying nuclear warheads has yet to be verified, so it is evaluated that it has not yet reached the level of using nuclear strike capabilities in combat. On the 10th, Hans Christensen, a nuclear weapons expert from the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), and Robert Norris, a nuclear expert from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDS), made statistics on intelligence from various countries and other matters at “Ploughshares,” a non-profit consortium that works to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Fund” website published a report making the above analysis. Russia has the largest number of nuclear warheads, with 13,000, followed by the United States (9,400), France (300), China (240), the United Kingdom (185), Israel (80), and Pakistan (70~90) pieces), India (60~80 pieces), North Korea (up to 10 pieces). |
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