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Caucasian War: 1817: 1864: 47 years Afghanistan conflict: 27 April 1978: Ongoing: 46 years, 8 months and 6 days [citation needed] Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) 27 November 1978: Ongoing: 46 years, 1 month and 6 days Cold War (Indirect War) 1946: 1991: 45 years Chadian Civil Wars: 1965: 2010: 45 years Assam separatist movements ...
Listed conflicts have at least 100 cumulative deaths in total and at least 1 death in current or in the past calendar year. Fatality totals may be inaccurate or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus symbol, indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 455+ indicates that at least 455 people have died).
The phrase "total war" seemingly originated amongst French writers during World War I and French writer Léon Daudet published a collection of essays called La Guerre Totale ("The total war") in 1918. [8] [9] The phrase was popularised by the 1935 publication of German general Erich Ludendorff's World War I memoir, Der totale Krieg ("The total ...
According to the Federation of American Scientists there are approximately 3,880 active nuclear warheads and 12,119 total nuclear warheads in the world as of 2024. [9] The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimated in 2023 that the total number of nuclear warheads acquired by nuclear states reached 12,512. Approximately ...
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the ...
At the peak of its arsenal in 1988, Russia possessed around 45,000 nuclear weapons in its stockpile, roughly 13,000 more than the United States arsenal, the second largest in the world, which peaked in 1966. [2] Tests; Torpedoes 53-58 torpedo with 10 kilotons RDS-9 warhead; 65-73 torpedo with 20 kilotons; VA-111 Shkval with 150 kilotons; Bombs
[29] [31] The announced yield of the five devices was a total of 40–45 kilotonnes with the largest having a yield of approximately 30–45 kilotonnes. An independent assessment however put the test yield at no more than 12 kt and the maximum yield of a single device at only 9 kt as opposed to 35 kt as claimed by Pakistani authorities. [ 32 ]
Moreover, total deployed US & "Russian" strategic weapons increased steadily from the 1980s until the Cold War ended. [18] The United States nuclear stockpile increased rapidly from 1945, peaked in 1966, and declined after that. [1] By 2012, the United States had several times fewer nuclear weapons than it had in 1966. [19]