An update on nuclear arms control, national security and nuclear weapons policy from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation WHAT’S NEWS: New Trump Budget Bolsters Nukes, Cuts Non-Proliferation Programs President Trump’s budget increases the Pentagon’s budget without accountability, recklessly boosting funds for nuclear weapons while slashing money for non-proliferation programs that work to keep dangerous […]
Fact Sheet: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Total Inventory
The size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal has decreased drastically since it peaked at 31,255 nuclear weapons in 1967. Many of the reductions since then have come as the result of bilateral arms control agreements with Russia, including the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) I, which capped deployed arsenals at 6,000 warheads and 1,600 delivery […]
Fact Sheet: Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty
Updated March 2021 The Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty was an agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union that limited the number of ground-based anti-ballistic missile systems and sites that each side could have. Both parties also agreed not to develop sea-based, air-based, or space-based ABM systems. After the fall of the Soviet Union, […]
Fact Sheet: The Threshold Test Ban Treaty (TTBT)
The Treaty on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests, commonly known as the Threshold Test Ban Treaty (TTBT), is a bilateral agreement between the United States and Soviet Union (now Russia). Signed in 1974, the Treaty prohibits underground nuclear weapons tests greater than 150 kilotons, approximately 10 times larger than the bomb used against […]
Front and Center Newsletter: May 6
An update on nuclear arms control, national security and nuclear weapons policy from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Nukes of Hazard Podcast: MacArthur’s Almost Nuclear War During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur requested permission to use more than 30 nuclear weapons. This Nukes of Hazard episode dives into the story and takes you […]
