Trend in World Nuclear Forces, 2021

Data cited at: 'Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), https://sipri.org/media/press-release/2021/global-nuclear-arsenals-grow-states-continue-modernize-new-sipri-yearbook-out-now SIPRI-World nuclear forces, January 2021 IPRISIPRI’s annual nuclear forces data shows that at the start of 2021, nine states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea)—possessed approximately 13 080 nuclear weapons, of which 3825 were deployed with operational forces. Approximately 2000 of these are kept in a state of high operational alert.