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January 21, 2021

Fact Sheet: The Nuclear Triad

The U.S. nuclear arsenal comprises thousands of nuclear weapons and three methods of delivery, sometimes called “legs.” Warheads can be launched from the air via strategic bombers carrying gravity bombs or cruise missiles, from the sea by submarines holding ballistic missiles, or from underground silos housing intercontinental ballistic missiles. Collectively, these delivery methods are referred […]

Posted in: Factsheets & Analysis on Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Weapons, United States

January 17, 2017

Rex Tillerson on Nuclear Weapons Issues

During his confirmation hearing, Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson provided some of the first concrete indications of the incoming Trump administration’s positions on nuclear weapons issues. By and large, to the extent that Mr. Tillerson represents future stances of the Trump administration, his testimony was very encouraging on nuclear questions. This is particularly good news, […]

Posted in: Asia, China, Non-Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Nukes of Hazard blog, United States

August 19, 2016

Why We Still Need to Cooperate with Russia on Nuclear Security

The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 dismantled a highly centralized multi-national government, leaving behind 15 newly independent states, an economy in chaotic transition, and an enormous nuclear weapons complex. The sudden meltdown of the military structures that had managed the Soviet nuclear arsenal for decades left destructive weapons, technologies, and materials exposed and […]

Posted in: Non-Proliferation, Nuclear Security, Nuclear Weapons, Nukes of Hazard blog, Russia

August 10, 2016

U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Europe

By: Erin Connolly The recent upheaval in Turkey has highlighted an uncomfortable fact: The United States holds approximately 160 tactical nuclear weapons outside of its own borders. In fact, all of these nonstrategic nuclear weapons are deployed in Europe at six bases in five countries, including Turkey. In theory, these weapons are in place to […]

Posted in: Nuclear Security, Nuclear Weapons, Nukes of Hazard blog, United States

July 21, 2016

One Year Later: Seven Facts about the Iran Deal

By: Abigail Stowe-Thurston and Erin Connolly   What is the Iran Nuclear Deal? In July of 2015, the United States and the other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China), and Germany (together known as the P5+1), as well as the European Union, negotiated an agreement with Iran […]

Posted in: Iran Diplomacy, Nukes of Hazard blog

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