While the global stockpile of nuclear weapons has been significantly reduced since the Cold War, there are still an estimated 14,000 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 trillion over the next thirty years on an ambitious nuclear modernization plan updating all three legs — air, sea, and ground — of the nuclear triad.
Recent Analysis on Nuclear Weapons
- Why Restarting Explosive Nuclear Testing is Dangerous and Unnecessary June 8, 2020
- Talk of reviving nuclear tests raises alarm June 1, 2020
- Utah downwinders denounce Trump’s talk of restarting nuclear tests May 26, 2020
- ‘NOTHING SHORT OF APPALLING’: Statement from John Tierney in Response to Considered Return to Nuclear Testing May 22, 2020
- United States Making Sure Nukes Are Safe and Reliable May 20, 2020
- White House Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2021 Nuclear Weapons Spending March 20, 2020
- World nuclear arsenal sizes March 10, 2020
- Down the Rabbit Hole: Planning for Nuclear War March 2, 2020
- Four Nuclear Submarines and a Tory Majority: Why renewed calls for Scottish independence could spell trouble for the UK’s nuclear weapons February 3, 2020
- Trump to request 20 percent boost in nuclear spending January 30, 2020
