stockpile

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North Korea quadrupled its plutonium stockpile and in 2006 conducted its first nuclear test.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Claim: “They were also rapidly building a vast stockpile of conventional ballistic missiles and would have soon had missiles that could reach the American homeland, Europe, and virtually any other place on earth.”

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

Last month, all 32 member countries of the IEA agreed to make 400 million barrels of oil from the emergency stockpile available — or roughly 20% of the overall IEA supply.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

The Filipino government has vowed to stockpile a million more barrels of oil, and has not excluded further measures.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

It is no longer possible to stockpile materials well in advance; what today may be the most promising of insecticidal chemicals may be the dismal failure of tomorrow.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson