☢️☢️ Nuclear risks grow as new arms race looms - STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Nearly all of the nine nuclear-armed states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Israel—continued intensive nuclear modernization programmes in 2024, upgrading existing weapons and adding newer versions.

Of the total global inventory of an estimated 12 241 warheads in January 2025, about 9614 were in military stockpiles for potential use (see the table below). An estimated 3912 of those warheads were deployed with missiles and aircraft and the rest were in central storage. Around 2100 of the deployed warheads were kept in a state of high operational alert on ballistic missiles. Nearly all of these warheads belonged to Russia or the USA, but China may now keep some warheads on missiles during peacetime.

Russia and the USA together possess around 90 per cent of all nuclear weapons.

SIPRI estimates that China now has at least 600 nuclear warheads. China’s nuclear arsenal is growing faster than any other country’s, by about 100 new warheads a year since 2023. By January 2025, China had completed or was close to completing around 350 new ICBM silos in three large desert fields in the north of the country and three mountainous areas in the east. Depending on how it decides to structure its forces, China could potentially have at least as many ICBMs as either Russia or the USA by the turn of the decade. Yet even if China reaches the maximum projected number of 1500 warheads by 2035, that will still amount to only about one third of each of the current Russian and US nuclear stockpiles.

Full report down below.

https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2025/nuclear-risks-grow-new-arms-race-looms-new-sipri-yearbook-out-now

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🇺🇸🇮🇱❌🇮🇷❗️ — US President Donald Trump claims "we" (US-Israel?) have air dominance over Iranian skies

'We' now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran. Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured “stuff.”

Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA.

#URGENT

🇬🇧🪖❌🇮🇷❗️ — British Defence Secretary says UK military assets have begun arriving in the Middle East.

TRACKING:
🇺🇸🤝🇮🇱❌🇮🇷-U.S. Air Force tanker aircraft have departed Ramstein Air Base en route to the Middle East, reportedly accompanying multiple fighter jets.

➡️These aircraft are expected to support potential strikes on Iran and assist Israeli operations with mid-air refueling capabilities.

🇺🇸📞⚠️ — CNN says United States President Donald Trump is currently meeting with his national security team in the Situation Room, according to a White House official

🇮🇷💥❗️ — WSJ: Israeli intelligence has revealed that Iranian Regime is developing a trigger mechanism for a potential nuclear bomb.

TRACKING:
🇺🇸🤝🇮🇱❌🇮🇷-U.S. Air Force tanker aircraft have departed Ramstein Air Base en route to the Middle East, reportedly accompanying multiple fighter jets.

➡️These aircraft are expected to support potential strikes on Iran and assist Israeli operations with mid-air refueling capabilities.

🇮🇷🇮🇱Iran will attempt to launch over 250 ballistic missiles tonight.
Iran's Chief of General Staff called on Israelis to immediately leave Haifa and Tel Aviv.