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
- Summary: Comparison of Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2670/S. 2226) as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate August 29, 2023
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2226) as passed by the Senate Committee on Armed Services July 18, 2023
- Fact Sheet: The Missing Tybee Bomb June 20, 2023
- Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book April 4, 2023
- Fact Sheet: Thermonuclear Weapons November 18, 2022
- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) November 16, 2022
- 2022 Nuclear Posture Review November 8, 2022
- LANL remains key part of U.S. nuclear weapons plan October 28, 2022
- ‘SOME STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION:’ BIDEN ADMINISTRATION NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW CUTS SOME UNNECESSARY PROGRAMS, ALLOWS SOME COLD WAR STRATEGIES TO CONTINUE October 27, 2022
- The Goldsboro B-52 Crash October 14, 2022
