Nuclear disarmament
The international community needs to make progress towards the goal of nuclear disarmament—and, eventually, persuade all of the existing nuclear weapon states give up their weapons.

  • There are believed to be at least 23,000 nuclear warheads still in existence, with a combined blast capacity equivalent to 150,000 Hiroshima bombs.
  • The vast majority (over 22,000) are possessed by the the U.S. and Russia—with France, the UK, China, India, Pakistan and Israel around 1,000 between them.
  • Almost half of all warheads are still operationally deployed—with the U.S. and Russia each having over 2,000 weapons ready to be launched within a decision window of just 4-8 minutes for each president in the event of perceived attack.

 

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Nuclear Politics »Nuclear Politics
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Nuclear disarmament
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Is full nuclear disarmament desirable? »Is full nuclear disarmament desirable?
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