What’s underneath the shelters over China’s suspected silo construction sites? Image © 2021 Maxar Technologies [Update: Some images have temporarily been taker down because Maxar does not allow their…
Read moreUSAF personnel loading a B61 nuclear bomb trainer on an F-16 fighter-bomber at Aviano Air Base NATO announced Monday that it had started…
Read moreThe Biden administration yesterday afternoon declassified the number of nuclear weapons the United States possesses. The act reverses the secrecy of the Trump administration, which denied release of the number for three years, and restores the nuclear transparency of the Obama administration.
Read moreThe Chinese missile silo program constitutes the most extensive silo construction since the US and Soviet missile silo construction during the Cold War.
Read moreBy Hans M. Kristensen The first public release of New START aggregate numbers since the United States and Russia in February extended the agreement for five years…
Read moreBy Hans M. Kristensen and Matt Korda [Article updated May 11, 2021] The United Kingdom announced yesterday that it has decided to abandon…
Read moreBy Hans M. Kristensen The Chinese military appears to be significantly expanding the number of ballistic missiles silos under construction in a new sprawling training area in the northern…
Read moreThe Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force today, 90 days after the deposit of the 50th instrument of ratification. So…
Read moreThe US Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) has published a new version of its widely referenced Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat report.
Read moreThe National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA’s) new Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan (SSMP) doubles the number of new nuclear warhead programs compared with the…
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