There is an increased demand for, and availability of, nuclear materials, with fewer ways of controlling them, a new report says.
The threat of nuclear terrorism is something we should be increasingly keeping an eye on, according to a new report.Released by a National Academies committee, the report was commissioned by Congress under the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act and was put together by the Departments of Defense and the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, as well as the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.Over the past few decades, the U.S.
were the world's two major nuclear powers, but now there are three with the addition of China.'It's hard to reach arms control agreements as a two-way relationship,' Flynn said. 'It's almost impossible to do as a triad.'As of 2024, there are over 12,000 nuclear warheads globally. Russia holds around 5,580, the U.S. approximately 5,100, China 500, France 290, and the U.K. 225.
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