While the global inventory of nuclear weapons has been significantly reduced since the Cold War, there are still more than 13,000 nuclear weapons in nine different countries — more than 90% of which belong to the United States and Russia. The United States is committed to spending up to $1.5 trillion over the next 30 years on an ambitious nuclear modernization plan updating all three legs — air, sea, and ground — of the nuclear triad.
Recent Analysis on Nuclear Weapons
- Lessons from South Africa: A New Strategy for Iran’s Nuclear Threat January 7, 2025
- Fact Sheet: Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) December 17, 2024
- Does Putin’s New ‘Oreshnik’ Missile Transform Rules of Nuclear Warfare? December 13, 2024
- Final Summary: Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 5009) December 12, 2024
- Comparative Summary: Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act September 12, 2024
- Op-ed: Why Congress Shouldn’t Fund a New Sea-Launched Nuke August 15, 2024
- We Now Know the Full Extent of the U.S. Nuclear Arsenal August 6, 2024
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 4638) as passed by the Senate Committee on Armed Services July 16, 2024
- Where Is the Protest? June 24, 2024
- Op-Ed: Where’s the Accountability? Congress Must Get Answers Before Spending More on Missile Program June 5, 2024
