The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) launches the findings of the SIPRI Yearbook 2018, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament and international security.
Key findings include all the nuclear weapon-possessing states are developing new nuclear weapon systems and modernizing their existing systems, and the number of personnel deployed with peace operations worldwide continues to fall while the demand is increasing.
At the start of 2018 nine states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) - possessed approximately 14,465 nuclear weapons.
Published On : 23 Jun 2018