World Nuclear Arsenals 1996:
At the beginning of 1996, there were some 21,000
operational nuclear weapons in the world. Divided among
six countries, nearly 95 percent of the world's nuclear
weapons are in the possession of the U.S. and Russia.
Half a decade after the ending of the Cold War, none of
the nuclear powers display any willingness to give up
their nuclear arsenals. Instead, all are consolidating
their nuclear forces at lower levels, adjusting their
nuclear strategies to new post-Cold War missions, and all
continue to modernise their nuclear forces.
Greenpeace believes that all nuclear weapons production,
modernisation and deployment should be halted
immediately. Greenpeace also believes that there must be
an agreement on a timeline to achieve zero nuclear
weapons.
