As of February 2022, more than half of adults in the United States admitted that they worried about the possibility of a nuclear war with Russia. Fears about a potential nuclear confrontation between the world's two major nuclear powers ratcheted up significantly following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Do you worry about the possibility of nuclear war with Russia, or isn't that something you worry about?
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Statistics on Nuclear Weapons
History
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Nuclear Weapons
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- Basic Statistic Number of nuclear weapons worldwide 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Nuclear weapons spending of the world's nuclear armed countries 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. nuclear weapons budget request FY 2019-2027
- Premium Statistic Number of nuclear warheads in NATO and Russia 2022, by type
- Basic Statistic Maximum range of operational missiles in the U.S. 2021
- Basic Statistic Maximum range of operational missiles in Russia 2021
- Basic Statistic Maximum range of operational missiles in the UK 2021
- Premium Statistic Maximum range of operational missiles in France 2021
Nuclear Materials
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- Basic Statistic Nuclear Security Index 2020
- Premium Statistic Uranium mine production worldwide 2005-2021
- Basic Statistic Global uranium mine production volume by method 2014-2021
- Premium Statistic Production levels of global top uranium mines 2021
- Premium Statistic Global uranium production by leading countries in 2021
- Premium Statistic Countries with the largest uranium reserves worldwide 2020
Opinion
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- Basic Statistic Opinion of U.S. adults regarding the likelihood of nuclear war in next 10 years 2022
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who worry about a nuclear war with Russia 2022
- Basic Statistic British attitudes on if they should keep their nuclear weapons 2019-2022
- Basic Statistic Opinion on nuclear weapon necessity in Russia 2021
- Basic Statistic Fear of Russia using nuclear weapons against Ukraine, Poland, and NATO countries 2022
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- Nuclear weapons spending of the world's nuclear armed countries 2021
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- U.S. nuclear weapons budget request FY 2019-2027
- Strength of the most powerful nuclear weapons since 1945
- Number of nuclear weapons worldwide 1945-2022
- British attitudes on if they should keep their nuclear weapons 2019-2022
- Fear of Russia using nuclear weapons against Ukraine, Poland, and NATO countries 2022
- Timeline of successful and failed ballistic missile tests by North Korea 1984-2021
- Opinion on nuclear weapon necessity in Russia 2021
- Opinion of U.S. adults regarding the likelihood of nuclear war in next 10 years 2022
- Global opinion on Iran and the acquisition of nuclear weapons, 2012
- Number of nuclear warheads belonging to NATO allies 1952-2022
- Number of countries supporting the prohibition of nuclear weapons worldwide, 2017
- Manhattan Project: monthly expenditure 1942-1946
- Number of nuclear warheads deployed by the U.S. and Russia 2022, by type
- Public opinion on North Korea having nuclear weapons in 2017, by country
- Scottish opinion on nuclear weapons in Britain 2013 survey
- Global support for use of military force to prevent nuclear weapons in Iran 2012
- U.S. view on military force against nuclear weapons in Iran, by political party
- Nuclear warhead inventory per country 1945-2022
- Number of nuclear weapons worldwide 2022, by country
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YouGov. (February 28, 2022). Do you worry about the possibility of nuclear war with Russia, or isn't that something you worry about? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 24, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309176/us-fear-nuclear-war-russia/
YouGov. "Do you worry about the possibility of nuclear war with Russia, or isn't that something you worry about?." Chart. February 28, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309176/us-fear-nuclear-war-russia/
YouGov. (2022). Do you worry about the possibility of nuclear war with Russia, or isn't that something you worry about?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309176/us-fear-nuclear-war-russia/
YouGov. "Do You Worry about The Possibility of Nuclear War with Russia, or Isn't That Something You Worry About?." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309176/us-fear-nuclear-war-russia/
YouGov, Do you worry about the possibility of nuclear war with Russia, or isn't that something you worry about? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309176/us-fear-nuclear-war-russia/ (last visited March 24, 2023)
Do you worry about the possibility of nuclear war with Russia, or isn't that something you worry about? [Graph], YouGov, February 28, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1309176/us-fear-nuclear-war-russia/