Nuclear powers are continuing to modernise their weapons, says Swedish think tank
THE world’s nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernise their nuclear weapons as the countries deepened their reliance on such deterrence in 2023, a Swedish think tank said today.
Wilfred Wan, director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (Sipri) weapons of mass destruction programme, said: “We have not seen nuclear weapons playing such a prominent role in international relations since the cold war.”
Earlier this month, Russia and its ally Belarus launched a second stage of drills intended to train their troops in tactical nuclear weapons, part of the Kremlin’s response to aggressive overtones from the members of the Nato military alliance.
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