See who's increasing their nuke stockpiles

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On Friday North Korea announced it had exploded its fifth – and likely most powerful – nuclear bomb and state media in the repressive nation claimed that the warhead could be mounted on one of the nation's ballistic rockets.

While that alone is enough to prompt outrage from world leaders, such as South Korean President Park Geun-hye who called it "fanatically reckless," a report from an American organization that monitors arms around the globe said the closed nation is one of several that are actually expanding their nuclear weapons stockpiles, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

The Friday test generated estimates it had the explosive power of 10 kilotons, twice North Korea's previous tests and about two-thirds of the strength of the bomb the U.S. used on Hiroshima to end Pacific action in World War II.

It is a report from the Federation of American Scientists that confirms North Korea is increasing its nuclear warhead inventory, along with China, Pakistan and India.

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"The United States, Russia and the United Kingdom are reducing their warhead inventories, but the pace of reduction is slowing compared with the past 25 years. France and Israel have relatively stable inventories, while China, Pakistan, Indian and North Korea are increasing their warhead inventories," the report said.

For the rest of this report, and more, please go to Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

While, "the exact number of nuclear weapons in each country's possession is a closely held national secret," there is "publicly available information, careful analysis of historical records, and occasional leaks [that] make it possible to make best estimates about the size and composition of the national nuclear weapon stockpiles."

The report reveals the world's supply of nuclear weapons peaked at approximately 70,000 in 1986, a figure that has been reduced to about 15,360 by earlier this year.

"Government officials often portray that accomplishment as a result of current arms control agreements, but the overwhelming portion of the reduction happened in the 1990s. Since then, the pace of reduction has slowed significantly," the report said.

"Instead of planning for nuclear disarmament, the nuclear-armed states appear to plan to retain large arsenals for the indefinite future."

The current estimates are that Russia's total inventory is about 7,300, the United States has about 7,000, France 300, China 260, the UK 215, Israel 80, Pakistan 110, India 100 and North Korea an unknown number.

About 1,800 belonging to the U.S., Russian, UK and France are "on high alert, ready for use on short notice."

For the rest of this report, and more, please go to Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.