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
- 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
- Summary: Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (S.4543) October 13, 2022
- 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
