A Russian GLCM is launched from an Iskander-K launcher at Kapustin Yar in 2007. By Hans M. Kristensen The United States yesterday publicly accused Russia of violating the landmark 1987…
Read moreClick image for larger version. By Hans M. Kristensen In our Nuclear Notebook on Russian nuclear forces from March this year, Robert S. Norris and…
Read moreBy Hans M. Kristensen Last week I was in New York to brief two panels at the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee…
Read moreThe Obama administration has yet to make a visible dent in the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. Click on graph for larger format. By Hans M. Kristensen After a transparency…
Read moreBy Hans M. Kristensen Robert Norris and I have made an update to our Nuclear Notebook on the B61 nuclear bomb family. Kind…
Read moreAt the same time the Air Force is destroying 50 silos at Malmstrom AFB (above) and another 50 at F.E Warren AFB emptied by the Bush administration, the Obama administration…
Read moreBy Hans M. Kristensen The latest aggregate data released by the US State Department for the New START treaty show that Russia has…
Read moreBy Hans M. Kristensen While arms control opponents in Congress have been busy criticizing the Obama administration’s proposal to reduce nuclear forces further,…
Read moreIn a few years, US Air Force C-17 aircraft will begin airlifting new B61-12 nuclear bombs into six air bases in five NATO countries, including Volkel Air Base in the…
Read moreWho pays for a crash of a nuclear weapons airlift from Volkel Air Base? By Hans M. Kristensen Only a few years before U.S. nuclear bombs deployed at Volkel Air…
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