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Nuclear Notebook: How many nuclear weapons does the United States have in 2022?

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Dolphin. Credit: טל שמע. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

How dolphins protect the US nuclear arsenal

By Lauren Sukin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Russian Strategic Missile Forces on the road in a military convoy

Nuclear Notebook: How many nuclear weapons does Russia have in 2022?

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

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500,000,000,000 reasons to scrutinize the US plan for nuclear weapons

By Kingston Reif, Mandy Smithberger | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Alex Wellerstein leans against an Mk-17 hydrogen bomb casing at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Permission: Alex Wellerstein.

Alex Wellerstein pulls back the curtain on nuclear secrecy

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear Notebook: United States nuclear weapons, 2021

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Weapons

Minuteman III missile in silo

United States nuclear forces, 2020

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Weapons

Minuteman III missile in silo

Nuclear Notebook: United States nuclear forces, 2020

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

United States nuclear forces, 2019

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Weapons

United States nuclear forces, 2018

By Hans M. Kristensen, Robert S. Norris | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Weapons

How US restraint can keep China’s nuclear arsenal small

By Hui Zhang | Uncategorized