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Jun 8, 2026 at 7:03 AM ET
SIPRI warns nuclear weapons are used more as power tools
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SIPRI says global nuclear inventories are rising and doctrines increasingly treat nuclear weapons as usable coercion tools.
WHO: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
WHAT: SIPRI warns that states are increasingly relying on nuclear weapons as instruments of national power and deterrence.
WHEN: Jun 8, 2026 at 6:31 AM ET
WHERE: Location not specified
WHY: SIPRI’s Yearbook 2026 finds rising global nuclear inventories and active arsenal modernisation by all nine nuclear-armed countries.
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