US Nuclear Weapons Count Down!

America's nuclear weapons have decreased over the past two years. Although this shortcoming is very minor. For the first time in four years, America has published these figures. America has told for the first time after four years how many nuclear weapons it has. The previous President Donald Trump had banned these figures from being made public. The Biden administration has published these figures for the first time, removing this ban. According to data released on 5 October, the US had 3,750 nuclear weapons, both active and inactive, on 30 September 2020. This number is 55 from 2018 and 72 less than 2019. Photos: Increasing number of nuclear weapons This number is also important in the sense that it is the lowest number of nuclear weapons of America since 1967.

When the Cold War was at its peak in 1967, the US had 31,255 nuclear weapons. For the sake of better relations with Russia, the Biden government is trying to start serious talks with Russia on the control of nuclear weapons. During the previous administration, these talks had gone into cold storage. This year, when US President Joe Biden met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Switzerland, there was a lot of discussion on this issue. Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with Russia and also withdrew from the nuclear treaty with Iran. Simultaneously, the matter of taking forward the New Start Treaty with Russia was also left in limbo. The New START treaty was ending on February 5, and the prospects of it going forward were dashed when the Trump government did not talk about it. Biden visited Europe in June this year and met Putin. Then there was also a discussion on the New Start Treaty.

Releasing the latest figures, the US State Department said on Tuesday, "Increasing transparency on the country's nuclear stockpile is necessary for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament efforts." Ahead of the New START agreement, the New START treaty sets out how many nuclear weapons the US and Moscow can keep. Since the treaty, both countries have been reducing their nuclear weapons continuously. Trump said that He wants a new agreement that includes China. Although China has far fewer nuclear weapons than Russia and the US. Photos: Only 6 countries have nuclear submarines Vladimir Putin also agreed to an extension for the year under which both countries can deploy a maximum of 1,550 nuclear weapons. Just last week, a dialogue between US and Russian diplomats has started in Geneva aimed at finding an alternative to the New Start Treaty. There is also talk of including conventional weapons in this option.

A US official said that the discussion was very fruitful. Both sides said that talking on this issue is a positive step. How many weapons in the world Stockholm International Peace Research Institute monitors the number of nuclear weapons in the world. According to him, the US had 5,550 nuclear weapons by January 2021. However, these do not contain nuclear weapons that have been retired. According to SIPRI, Russia has 6,255 nuclear weapons. In comparison, China has 350 nuclear weapons, Britain has 255 and France has 290 nuclear weapons. Apart from India, other countries with nuclear weapons include Pakistan and North Korea, which have a total of 460 nuclear weapons, according to SIPRI.