As of April 2017, the nuclear-armed states are estimated to possess approximately 14,900 nuclear weapons. All of them are developing and/or modernising their nuclear weapons. In Assuring destruction forever: 2017 edition, non-governmental researchers and analysts provide information on each country’s modernisation programmes, plans, and budgets.

Edited by Ray Acheson • Published in April 2017 by Reaching Critical Will, a programme of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

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