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: Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 7900) July 26, 2022
- Nuclear Inheritance Part 1: Kazakhstan and Nuclear Testing July 21, 2022
- Op-ed: Vladimir Putin’s Nuclear Gamble in Ukraine May 20, 2022
- The Future of Battlefield Nuclear Weapons May 19, 2022
- How serious is Russia about nuclear war? May 7, 2022
- Russian Atrocities and the Importance of Deterrence April 8, 2022
- Fiscal Year 2023 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book March 30, 2022
- Putin’s nuclear saber rattling March 26, 2022
- KNX In Depth: President Biden says NATO is unified to stop Russia March 24, 2022
- How Many Nuclear Weapons Exist, and Who Has Them? March 22, 2022
