The other 8,000 plus nukes are held by the United States and Russia with the Russians having a slightly larger stockpile, though, that's actually down by a lot from a high of roughly 30,000 warheads deployed by the US in the late 1960s and over 40,000 by the USSR by the end of the Cold War. But of the estimated 9,440 warheads out there, under 1,300 are held between North Korea, Israel, India, Pakistan, the UK, France, and China. The exact number of nuclear weapons around the world is a closely guarded secret. JOSEPH CIRINCIONE: There have been more nuclear threats issued in the last seven months than we've seen in the entire 77 years of the nuclear age. The president warning the risk of nuclear Armageddon has not been this high since the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cold War may be over, but a new rift between the United States and Russia is bringing back bad memories of nuclear showdowns. and NATO may respond if one were to be used. Yahoo News explains what separates tactical from strategic nuclear weapons and how the U.S. As Russian forces remain on the defensive in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to break the “nuclear taboo” and launch a tactical nuclear strike. The Cold War may be over, but a new rift between Russia and the West is bringing back bad memories of nuclear showdowns.
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