According to the " Global Times " report on June 14, the Stockholm Peace Institute in Sweden recently updated the data of nuclear arsenals of countries around the world, saying that the total number of existing nuclear weapons in the world may end the trend of year-on-year decrease and achieve its first growth in the next few years.
According to a report issued by the agency, as of the beginning of 2022, the nine nuclear-owned countries, including the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, France, Pakistan , India, Israel and North Korea, have a total of 12,705 nuclear weapons, which is 375 less than the 13,080 counts made by the agency in 2021. Although I am not sure how the institution obtained the data, I believe it for the time being because the institution is also a world-renowned person.
The agency also stated that due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the international situation has begun to become complicated and turbulent, and some countries have also begun to become tense in geopolitical relations, which has made many countries feel insecure. This may bring about a series of chain reactions. For example, in addition to the above nine nuclear-capable countries, some nuclear-free countries will share nuclear weapons , borrow nuclear protection umbrellas of major powers, and even try to achieve more variables on the issue of nuclear-capable.
Therefore, the agency predicts that the total number of nuclear weapons in the global next 10 years will turn positive, which also makes the risk of nuclear weapons being used to reach the highest level at the end of the Cold War .
When the Cold War in the United States and the Soviet Union was in full swing in 1986, both sides realized that blindly increasing the nuclear arsenal would put an extremely heavy burden on them. Therefore, the United States and Russia reached a consensus on nuclear disarmament through negotiations, and since then, more than 70,000 nuclear weapons have been cut one after another, causing a sharp decline in the global total number of nuclear weapons.
The institute's relevant personnel said that although the nuclear weapons reduction treaty signed by the United States and the Soviet Union in 1986 has basically been implemented so far, and the latest treaty on the United States and Russia to cut nuclear weapons has been extended for five years, the number of nuclear weapons between the two countries should not change significantly in the next few years. However, in recent years, in order to cope with the deterioration of the international situation, many nuclear-capable countries have begun to escalate or increase their own nuclear arsenals.
In early 2021, France's plan to develop a third-generation nuclear submarine was officially announced and implemented. In the same year, Britain also changed its nuclear disarmament policy that lasted for many years and announced the increase of its own nuclear weapons inventory cap.
Pakistan and India are also expanding their nuclear arsenals, and they are also increasing research investment in the delivery of nuclear weapons. A few days ago, India also successfully tested the "Firefire 4" missile . The missile has a range of 4,000 kilometers and can hit from New Delhi to Beijing.
The agency also predicts that after North Korea mastered nuclear weapons technology and successfully conducted nuclear tests, it should have now produced more than 20 nuclear weapons and has nuclear materials that can produce about 50 nuclear weapons.
As for Israel, which has not publicly recognized nuclear possession so far, the agency said that there are reports that the country is also upgrading its nuclear arsenal.
In addition, according to the agency's report, China currently owns 350 nuclear weapons. After Russia (5977) and the United States (5428), it ranked third, with the total number being only 1/15 of the sum of the top two, which is less than 7%.
Reasonably, the number of 350 pieces is the lowest for a country with a land area ranked third in the world and a population ranked first in the world. The total number is so small, let alone per capita. However, such a small number of nuclear weapons cannot reassure Europe and the United States. When talking about China's nuclear weapons, Western media changed their faces and said that the number does not mean anything!
In 2021, the US Defense News published an article titled "When mentioning China's nuclear weapons, the quantity is not all." The article said that you should not be confused by the number of China's nuclear weapons, but pay attention to the quality of China's nuclear weapons. The amount of quantity does not fully reflect China's nuclear strike against capabilities. Good guy, they said everything, and in order to exaggerate the theory of China's threat, they can even turn black and white.
After China successfully detonated the atomic bomb in 1964, China has always pursued a strategy of not taking the lead in using nuclear weapons.Therefore, the number of nuclear weapons we have retained for a long time is not large, and it is only enough to maintain the lowest level of nuclear counterattack. Moreover, although China has successively developed intercontinental ballistic missiles such as Dongfeng 31 Dongfeng 41 in recent years, there is still a big gap with the nuclear strike capabilities of the United States and Russia.
Compared with the complete trinity strike capabilities of the United States and Russia, China only has Dongfeng 31 Dongfeng 41, which can carry out road maneuvering, is more advanced.
In terms of air-based nuclear strikes, our H20 still has no news. Although the current H6K is called a strategic bomber, it is actually upgraded based on the map 16 developed by the Soviet Union in 1950. In terms of speed, range, bomb load stealth, compared with the map 160, map 95, B52, B2 and other strategic bombers currently in service in the United States and Russia. In terms of roadbed, the missile we launched using silo is also the Dongfeng 5A/B series missile successfully developed in 1980. Compared with the latest intercontinental missiles from the United States and Russia, it has the disadvantages of large size and small load capacity.
Sea-based, the United States has nearly 70 strategic nuclear submarines , Russia has more than 30, and China has only more than ten.
So in terms of quantity and quality, China does not pose any threat to world peace, on the contrary, Europe and the United States are. Moreover, we have made three promises to the world long ago, not to use nuclear weapons first, not to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear countries, and not to threaten the use of nuclear weapons. Compared with the repeated changes in the use of nuclear weapons by Europe and the United States, China can be said to have a firm position.
As a great country with a history of 5,000 years of civilization, we know that keeping a low point and developing silently is the kingdom, and sometimes showing weakness is also a manifestation of intelligence.
