Explained: What Is Nuclear Warhead? Which Country Stands Where In Terms Of Owning Nukes

According to the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), even though a reduction is very clearly observed in the overall nuclear weapons' arsenal since the Cold War, the world라이브 바카라 combined inventory of nuclear warheads still shows a very high level of stockpiling by more number of countries than before.

바카라 웹사이트As of early 2022, nine countries across the globe possessed roughly 12,700 warheads.

What is a nuclear warhead/nuclear weapon/nuke?

A nuclear warhead or nuclear weapon바카라 웹사이트is defined as an바카라 웹사이트explosive device with massive potential to바카라 웹사이트cause바카라 웹사이트catastrophic destructions. For deriving their destuctive energy, nuclear warheads primarily bank on바카라 웹사이트three different types of nuclear reactions- nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, or a combination of the two.

바카라 웹사이트All nuclear weapons are technically thermonuclear weapons and may also be referred to as thermonuclear bombs, fusion weapons, hydrogen bombs, or H-bombs. They are categorised바카라 웹사이트into바카라 웹사이트two broad categories: fission and combination weapons, or the fusion-based designs which are even more destructive.

Nuclear weapons unleash enormous amounts of explosive force, which is measured in kilotons (1,000 tons of TNT) and megatons (1,000,000 tons of TNT), as well as heat and radiation.바카라 웹사이트

A brief history of nuclear arms race

Till date, the world has witnessed the humongous destructive power of the nuclear weapons in two바카라 웹사이트instances. Both were at the end of World War II when the United States dropped a nuclear bomb called' Little Boy' on바카라 웹사이트Hiroshima,바카라 웹사이트Japan, on August 6, 1945, and a second bomb called Fat Man on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945. Little Boy detonated with an explosive force of approximately 15 kilotons, which leveled most buildings within a 1-mile radius.바카라 웹사이트

According to official reports, the bombing of Hiroshima바카라 웹사이트have caused 66,000 deaths and바카라 웹사이트69,000 injuries while Nagasaki bombing saw바카라 웹사이트39,000 deaths and 25,000 injuries.

Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the time of the World War II was the trigger point that escalated바카라 웹사이트the arms race between between the United States and the Soviet Union. The war earned the nukes the label of 'ultimate weapons of war'.바카라 웹사이트

Stockpiling of nuclear weapons, which was an integral part of the바카라 웹사이트Cold War also continued into the late 1980s.

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists states that바카라 웹사이트in1986 the nuclear arms race between the two countries was at its pinnacle.During this time, the Soviet Union possessed more than 40,000 nuclear warheads while the United States had 23,000.

Russia and the Unites States'바카라 웹사이트predominance in the field of owning the maximum number of nukes is still relevant as it possesses 90 percent of all nuclear warheads across globe.

Who stands where in the nuclear power game

According to the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), it is estimated that there are approximately 12,700 nuclear warheads in the world today. It is true that the number we see today is far far fewer than either the U.S. or바카라 웹사이트Russia바카라 웹사이트possessed during their Cold War peak,but at the same time we also need to consider the increase in number of countries with access to nuclear power바카라 웹사이트than there were 30-40 years ago.

As per FAS, Russia tops the list of countries owning nuclear weapons, with an estimated 5,977 total warheads. Of these, 1,458 are actively deployed (current START II treaty limits both the U.S. and Russia to 1550 deployed total), 3039 are inactive but available to be made active, and 1,760 are retired and awaiting dismantling while the numbers for The바카라 웹사이트United States stands closely at바카라 웹사이트with 5,550 total nuclear weaponsamongst which바카라 웹사이트1,389 are active, 2,361 inactive but available, and 1,800 are about to be dismantled.

But, the recent statistics also reflect바카라 웹사이트on a fact that the number of warheads in global military stockpiles, which includes warheads assigned to operational forces, is witnessing a rise once again.바카라 웹사이트France and Israel are maintaining바카라 웹사이트relatively stable inventories.

Status of India, Pakistan and China

It is also very widely speculated that바카라 웹사이트China, India, North Korea, Pakistan and the United Kingdom, as well as possibly Russia, are all thought to be increasing their stockpiles in next few years.바카라 웹사이트

According to a report fied by The US Pentagon, China is expected to own 1,500 warheads by 2035.바카라 웹사이트

In its annual report to the Congress on China라이브 바카라 ambitious military build-up, the Pentagon said Tuesday that "over the next decade, Beijing aims to modernise, diversify, and expand its nuclear forces.China's current nuclear modernisation exercise has exceed the previous modernization attempts in both scale and complexity"

China is investing in and expanding the number of its land-, sea-, and air-based nuclear delivery platforms and constructing the infrastructure necessary to support this major expansion of its nuclear forces, the report바카라 웹사이트said.

The report also mentioned that China is also바카라 웹사이트supporting this expansion by increasing its capacity to produce and separate plutonium by constructing fast breeder reactors and reprocessing facilities. In 2021, Beijing probably accelerated its nuclear expansion, it said.

The Pentagon said it estimates that China's operational nuclear warheads stockpile has surpassed 400. 바카라 웹사이트

According to the Swedish arms watchdog Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in January 2022, India increased its nuclear weapons stockpile from 156 in January 2021 to 160. This took place at at a time when China activated new launchers and Pakistan continued to develop new weapon delivery platforms in the Indian neighbourhood.

Of India and Pakistan, the watchdog said, "India and Pakistan appear to be expanding their nuclear arsenals, and both countries introduced and continued to develop new types of nuclear delivery system in 2021."