While the global stockpile of nuclear weapons has been significantly reduced since the Cold War, there are still more than 13,000 nuclear weapons in nine different countries — 93% 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
- Fact sheet: U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense April 2, 2021
- New START by the Numbers March 10, 2021
- The U.S. Nuclear Inventory February 23, 2021
- 3 Reasons Why the United States Doesn’t Need ICBMs February 23, 2021
- Modernizing the Triad February 23, 2021
- The Nuclear Triad February 22, 2021
- Americans support alternatives to the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent February 22, 2021
- Fact Sheet: The W93 Warhead January 28, 2021
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles January 28, 2021
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Modernization: Costs & Constraints January 22, 2021
