nuclear warheads.....
https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/ ... hat-glance
country------total------ deployed
Russian Federation 5580 1710
United States 5044 1770
China 500 0
France 290 280
United Kingdom 225 120
India 170 0
Pakistan 170 0
Israel 90 0
North Korea 50 0
------- or, in groups----------
India 170 0
Pakistan 170 0
China 500 0
Russian Federation 5580 1710
North Korea 50 0
sum = 5630
United States 5044 1770
France 290 280
United Kingdom 225 120
sum = 5559
Israel 90 0
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden- ... 024-06-07/
WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - The United States may have to deploy more strategic nuclear weapons in coming years to deter growing threats from Russia, China and other adversaries, a senior White House aide said on Friday.
Pranay Vaddi, the top National Security Council arms control official, made his comments in a speech on "a more competitive approach" to arms control that outlined a policy shift aimed at pressing Moscow and Beijing to reverse rejections of U.S. calls for arsenal limitation talks.
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The U.S. currently observes a limit of 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads set in the 2010 New START treaty with Russia even though Moscow "suspended" its participation last year over U.S. support for Ukraine, a move Washington called "legally invalid."
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But, he said, Russia, China and North Korea "are all expanding and diversifying their nuclear arsenals at a breakneck pace, showing little or no interest in arms control."
The three and Iran "are increasingly cooperating and coordinating with each other in ways that run counter to peace and stability, threaten the United States, our allies and our partners and exacerbate region tensions," he said.