International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons β’ September 26
We already know what nuclear weapons can do. In 1945, atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. They are the only nuclear weapons ever used in war. The explosions killed many people immediately, while many others died later from injuries and radiation.
Nuclear weapons have not been used in war since. But they did not disappear.
More than eighty years later, an estimated 12,187 nuclear warheads still existed worldwide as of January 2026. Around 9,745 were kept by militaries for possible use. Of those, about 4,012 were already prepared for use with missiles and aircraft.
All nine countries with nuclear weapons continued working on newer or improved versions in 2025.
Why keep them? One major reason is protection through fear. A country may keep nuclear weapons so another country will think twice about attacking it.
We have ours because you have yours.
You have yours because we have ours.
So we continue building and improving weapons that we hope will never be used. We saw what happened when two were dropped in 1945.
So when does it end?
β¨ α΄ΚΈα΅β±βΏα΅ α΄α΅α΅ α΅αΆ α΅Κ°α΅ ΚΛ‘α΅α΅ α΅α΅Κ³α΅α΅ α΅α΅Λ’β±αΆ α΅Λ‘α΅α΅
