Russia & U.S. Control ~90% of Global Nukes

As tensions rise between the United States and Iran, the nuclear balance matters.
🌍 ~12,000 nuclear warheads worldwide
🇷🇺 Russia + 🇺🇸 U.S. hold ~10,636 (~90%)
Deployed (“ready to launch”):
Russia: 1,718
U.S.: 1,670
Most active nuclear weapons belong to these two powers.
Iran isn’t part of the Nuclear Nine and hasn’t declared a weapon, but its uranium enrichment has reached 60%, making it the world’s most watched “threshold” state.
Bottom line: Global nuclear power is dominated by Russia and the U.S. — and that shapes the Iran standoff.