As states continue to modernize, nuclear arsenals across the globe will likely grow, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Yearbook. The nine countries that currently have nuclear arsenals ­— the US, the UK, Israel, Russia, France, China, India, Pakistan and North Korea — currently hold approximately 12,705 nuclear weapons, and SIPRI predicts that this number will increase in the next decade. That the overall number of nuclear weapons… – Jerusalem Post Photo: Sputnik / Maksim Blinov