World faces new nuclear arms race, researchers warn

Stockholm (AFP) June 15, 2025 Most of the world's nuclear-armed states continued to modernise their arsenals last year, setting the stage for a new nuclear arms race, researchers warned Monday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said nuclear powers including the United States and Russia - which account for around 90 percent of the world's stockpile - had spent time last year "upgrading existin

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World faces new nuclear arms race, researchers warn
Stockholm (AFP) June 15, 2025
Most of the world's nuclear-armed states continued to modernise their arsenals last year, setting the stage for a new nuclear arms race, researchers warned Monday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said nuclear powers including the United States and Russia - which account for around 90 percent of the world's stockpile - had spent time last year "upgrading existin