Nuclear weapons have an expiration date like food, so what about expired nuclear weapons?

It is worth mentioning that at present, in the world, including 5 permanent member countries of the United Nations, only 9 countries have nuclear weapons, and the 3 countries possessing the most nuclear weapons are Russia, the United States and the United States. China. Since we are now in a period of peace, it is very difficult to break out large-scale wars. Deterrence weapons are also rarely used in actual war zones.

The power of nuclear weapons is extremely large.

So, since nuclear weapons cannot be used at will, how do these nuclear-armed states store their nuclear weapons, and what will they lose if they don't use them for a while? long time? Let's take a look together.

In general, if a nuclear weapon is not used for a long time, it can exceed its useful life, and generally the life of a nuclear warhead is about 20 years. However, the shelf life of a nuclear warhead is not static, and the correct storage and maintenance of a nuclear warhead can greatly increase the life of a nuclear warhead, thereby saving costs. more production.

Of course, if the nuclear warhead has reached the end of its life, it needs to be replaced, its old parts serviced or dismantled, taking the conventional ammunition used to detonate it, decomposing it into nuclear parts and components. non-nuclear, then recycle used or destroyed parts to reduce nuclear pollution and enhance environmental protection.

Therefore, in order to continue to maintain the number of nuclear weapons and the nuclear threat to other countries, it is now necessary to have a detailed nuclear weapons development plan, recording the production time of each type. nuclear weapons, with an expiration date. Therefore, it should be replaced so as not to have a greater effect on the development of military forces after its expiration.

According to relevant data, one-third of Russia's annual military spending is spent on maintenance of nuclear warheads, while the United States alone allocates about $40 billion as maintenance costs for nuclear warheads. . Why is the cost of maintaining nuclear weapons so staggering? The main reason is that the total number of nuclear warheads in the world today is about 15,000, China, the US and Russia make up the majority, the larger the number, the higher the natural maintenance costs.

Therefore, not only the development of nuclear weapons requires a huge investment, but the maintenance and preservation of nuclear weapons also need a great investment to maintain the daily cost of nuclear weapons, this is also a huge national budget.

In short, as a deterrent, although nuclear weapons have great power, behind them there are many difficulties that make many countries with nuclear weapons face great challenges in developing nuclear weapons, finding seek truth from reality and use nuclear weapons judiciously to make a worthy contribution to the promotion of world peace and development. This is also the great significance of the existence of nuclear weapons.