FAS Nuclear Notebook Published: US Nuclear Forces, 2016
By Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris
Our latest FAS Nuclear Notebook has been published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. This issue provides a new overview of the status and plans for US nuclear forces and updates our estimate of the number of nuclear weapons in the stockpile and deployed force.
The next issue scheduled for May will be on Russian nuclear forces.
For an update on worldwide nuclear weapons inventories, see our World Nuclear Forces web page.
The research for this publication was made possible by a grant from the New Land Foundation, and Ploughshares Fund. The statements made and views expressed are solely the responsibility of the authors.
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