WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Yet, today around 12, 705 nuclear weapons remain. Countries possessing such weapons have well-funded, long-term plans to modernize their nuclear arsenals. More than half of the world’s population still lives in countries that either have such weapons or are members of nuclear alliances.

Detailed explanation-2: -Combined, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea possess an estimated total of roughly 13, 000 nuclear weapons, most of which are many times more powerful than the nuclear weapon dropped on Hiroshima.

Detailed explanation-3: -However, the treaty has been extended to 2026. As of 2022, nine countries have nuclear weapons and a combined stockpile of 12, 700 warheads. Russia and the United States control over 90% of them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nine countries possess nuclear weapons: the United States, Russia, France, China, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea. In total, the global nuclear stockpile is close to 13, 000 weapons.

Detailed explanation-5: -Although nuclear weapons have only been used twice in warfare-in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945-about 13, 400 reportedly remain in our world today and there have been over 2, 000 nuclear tests conducted to date.