Russian ICBM Force Modernization: Arms Control Please! May 7, 2014
Click image for larger version. By Hans M. Kristensen In our Nuclear Notebook on Russian nuclear forces from March this year, Robert S. Norris and…
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Nuclear Modernization Briefings at the NPT Conference in New York May 5, 2014
By Hans M. Kristensen Last week I was in New York to brief two panels at the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee…
Read moreUS Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Number Declassified: Only 309 Warheads Cut By Obama Administration April 29, 2014
The 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 moreThe B61 Family of Nuclear Bombs April 24, 2014
By Hans M. Kristensen Robert Norris and I have made an update to our Nuclear Notebook on the B61 nuclear bomb family. Kind…
Read moreObama Administration Decision Weakens New START Implementation April 9, 2014
At 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 moreNew START Data Show Russian Increase, US Decrease Of Deployed Warheads April 1, 2014
By Hans M. Kristensen The latest aggregate data released by the US State Department for the New START treaty show that Russia has…
Read moreNew START Data Shows Russia Reducing, US Increasing Nuclear Forces October 2, 2013
By Hans M. Kristensen While arms control opponents in Congress have been busy criticizing the Obama administration’s proposal to reduce nuclear forces further,…
Read moreB61-12 Nuclear Bomb Triggers Debate in the Netherlands September 13, 2013
In 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 moreDispute Over US Nuke in the Netherlands: Who Pays For An Accident? August 29, 2013
Who 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…
Read moreMSNBC On Nuclear Weapons Reduction Efforts August 13, 2013
By Hans M. Kristensen MSNBC used FAS data on the world nuke arsenals in an interview with Ploughshares Fund president…
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