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Titan
Beyond Pacific

SIPRI Yearbook: Nuclear weapons proliferate as geopolitics deteriorate

July 21, 2024

The recently released Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Yearbook 2024 reports nuclear weapons in development have increased as states deepen their reliance on nuclear deterrence. The nine nuclear-armed states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, […]

Virginia Class
Defence

Australian Government announces AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine pathway

March 14, 2023

Today’s AUKUS announcement of Australia’s acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines is, according to the Australian Government, the single biggest investment in defence capability in the country’s history, representing a ‘transformational moment’. AUKUS members Australia, the United […]

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Defence

AIDN issues statement on AUKUS submarine announcement

March 14, 2023

The Australian Industry and Defence Network (AIDN) welcomes today’s tripartite announcement on the proposed pathway to the construction of an Australian AUKUS nuclear submarine. AIDN has congratulated Australia’s Prime Minister, Minister for Defence, Minister for […]

SIPRI Report
Beyond Pacific

Global nuclear arsenals grow as states continue to modernise

August 15, 2021

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Yearbook 2021 finds that despite an overall decrease in the number of nuclear warheads in 2020, more have been deployed with operational forces. In summary: estimated number of […]

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