Watchdog: Nuclear-armed nations deepen reliance on nuclear weapons

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The world's nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their nuclear weapons as the countries deepened their reliance on such deterrence in 2023, a Swedish think tank said Monday.

'We have not seen nuclear weapons playing such a prominent role in international relations since the Cold War,' said Wilfred Wan, director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's weapons of m