If Arms Control Collapses, US and Russian Strategic Nuclear Arsenals Could Double In Size February 7, 2023
Russian noncompliance with New START Treaty makes retaining limits on strategic nuclear forces even more important.
Read moreRussian noncompliance with New START Treaty makes retaining limits on strategic nuclear forces even more important.
Read moreOn 27 October 2022, the Biden administration finally released an unclassified version of its long-delayed Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). The classified NPR was…
Read moreA new Air Force environmental assessment reveals that it considered basing ICBMs in underground railway tunnels––or possibly underwater.
Read moreShortly after Russian military forces invaded Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin said that he had ordered Russian nuclear forces on high combat alert – apparently to deter…
Read moreFor the first time ever, a nuclear-armed state accidentally launched a missile at another nuclear-armed state. How did this happen?
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 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 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 Trump administration has denied a request from the Federation of American Scientists to disclose the size of the US nuclear weapons stockpile and the number of dismantled warheads.
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