The Steadfast Noon exercise will practice employment of non-strategic nuclear weapons, like this unarmed B61-4 nuclear gravity bomb dropped by an F-15E from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath.
Read moreThe US Air Force base at Lakenheath has been added to the list of nuclear weapons storage sites being upgraded in Europe. US Defense Department documents show that NATO…
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 I was reading through the latest Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and wondering what I should…
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 moreClick to view large version. Full briefing is here. By Hans M. Kristensen China and North Korea are developing nuclear-capable cruise missiles, according to U.S. Air…
Read moreBy Hans M. Kristensen Greetings from Geneva! I’m at the Palais des Nations for the second Preparatory Committee (PREPCOM) meeting for the 2015…
Read moreclick on image to download report .By Hans M. Kristensen The United States and Russia have some 1,800 nuclear warheads on alert on…
Read moreThe British Cold War stockpile was bigger than previously thought but will be the smallest of the five original nuclear…
Read moreSea-launched ballistic missiles on British ballistic missile submarines will be armed with the upgraded W76-1 nuclear warhead currently in production in the United States, according to a report from Sandia…
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