Nuclear Notebook: A history of nuclear deployments To download a free PDF of this complete article, click this link. To read an authoritative accounting of world nuclear arsenals, click here for all Nuclear Notebook columns. The Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by William M. Arkin and Robert S. Norris of the Nuclear Information Project … Continued

Nuclear Notebook: How much plutonium has been stockpiled by nuclear nations? To download a free PDF of this complete article, click this link. To read an authoritative accounting of world nuclear arsenals, click here for all Nuclear Notebook columns. The Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by William M. Arkin and Robert S. Norris of … Continued

Nuclear Notebook: How many nuclear weapons does the United Kingdom and France have? To download a free PDF of this complete article, click this link. To read an authoritative accounting of world nuclear arsenals, click here for all Nuclear Notebook columns. The Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by William M. Arkin and Robert S. … Continued

Nuclear Notebook: How many nuclear weapons does China have? To download a free PDF of this complete article, click this link. To read an authoritative accounting of world nuclear arsenals, click here for all Nuclear Notebook columns. The Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by William M. Arkin and Robert S. Norris of the Nuclear … Continued

Nuclear Notebook: How many nuclear weapons does Russia have? To download a free PDF of this complete article, click this link. To read an authoritative accounting of world nuclear arsenals, click here for all Nuclear Notebook columns. The Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by William M. Arkin and Robert S. Norris of the Nuclear … Continued

Nuclear Notebook: How many nuclear weapons does the United States have? To download a free PDF of this complete article, click this link. To read an authoritative accounting of world nuclear arsenals, click here for all Nuclear Notebook columns. The Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by William M. Arkin and Robert S. Norris of … Continued

The US nuclear arsenal remained roughly unchanged in the last year, with the Defense Department maintaining an estimated stockpile of approximately 3,800 warheads. Of these, only 1,750 warheads are deployed.

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Russia may try to buy massive amounts of Chinese weapons by transferring weapons-grade plutonium—a deal that would have severe, long-term strategic consequences.

Hans Kristensen explains why it is more dangerous for the United States to keep the 2018 nuclear stockpile data classified then it is to make it public.

Here, guest editors Zia Mian and M.V. Ramana select a few of the many articles on nuclear South Asia that have been published by the Bulletin.

In their article on China’s security agenda in the South China Sea, experts John Lewis and Xue Litai quote Chinese president Xi Jinping: “History and experience tell us that a country will rise if it commands the oceans well and will fall if it surrenders them.” This special issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic … Continued

When United States Strategic Command posted an infographic about nuclear weapons on Twitter, the Bulletin took careful note. The graphic is confused—not only about when to use bold typeface, but also about the facts.

India is pursuing nuclear-armed submarines and ICBMs. It could save money, bolster its global image, and still credibly deter its rivals by doubling down on its existing missile forces instead.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists extends its congratulations and heartfelt thanks to Dr. Robert Standish Norris for 31 years of exceptional service. Norris is retiring from his duties as co-author of the Nuclear Notebook, the Bulletin’s authoritative accounting of world nuclear arsenals, compiled by top experts from the Federation of American Scientists. Stan Norris has been researching and preparing the Bulletin’s … Continued