Israel ranked as world's eighth largest nuclear power

• Published date: 20 April 2022
• Author: Idan Eretz
• Publication title: Globes (Rishon LeZion, Israel)

The estimated global nuclear warhead inventories in 2022 are dominated by the US and Russia, which have 5,428 and 5,977 nuclear warheads respectively, out of 13,000 nuclear warheads worldwide. China has 350 nuclear warheads, France 290, the UK 225, Pakistan 165, India 160, Israel 90, and North Korea 20. Iran is striving to become the world's 10th nuclear power

In 1987, during the later stages of the Cold War, there were more than 70,000 nuclear warheads worldwide - 5.5 times the number today.

The report said, "The US is still reducing its nuclear stockpile...