US-Russia Summit Nuclear Weapons Information
By Hans M. Kristensen
Can they do it? Expectations are high for the July Moscow Summit to produce an agreement to extent the START Treaty and commit to additional nuclear weapons reductions in the future. The following provides quick access to information about nuclear weapons numbers:
Overview of World Nuclear Forces
Global Nuclear Stockpiles, 1945-2006
US and Russian Total Nuclear Arsenals:
– Russia
– Briefing slides on history of US and Russian nuclear arsenals
US and Russian Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons:
– US Nuclear weapons in Europe
– History of US nuclear weapons in South Korea
– Russian Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Other Nuclear Weapon States (Most Recent Overviews):
– France, China, United Kingdom, India, Pakistan, Israel, North Korea
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