SIPRI: Risk of nuclear weapons being used is highest since Cold War
The risk of nuclear weapons being used has reached its peak since the Cold War, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reports . According to SIPRI experts, nine members of the “nuclear club” - the USA, Russia, Great Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea – have been modernizing their nuclear arsenals. As of early this year, about 9,440 of the 1,705 nuclear warheads were in military stockpiles for potential use.