Current U.S. and Russian Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles
by John Isaacs [contact information]
*5,113 total deployed and inactive warhead number based on the formal disclosure of the Defense Department’s nuclear weapons stockpile on September 30, 2009
Notes: Statistics for both U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals are from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. See “US Nuclear Forces, 2010” (May/June 2010) and “Russian Nuclear Forces, 2010” (January/February 2010). **Total Russian stockpile size is uncertain because there is no accurate count of tactical nuclear weapons.
John Isaacs 202-546-0795 ext. 2222 jdi@armscontrolcenter.org
John Isaacs is the Executive Director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation where his work focuses on national security issues in Congress, Iraq, missile defense, and nuclear weapons. Isaacs has published articles in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Christian Science Monitor, Nuclear Times, Arms Control Today, American Journal of Public Health, and Technology Review.