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Nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard. Photo: CPOA(Phot) Tam McDonald/MOD accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Open Government License.

Why is the United Kingdom raising its nuclear stockpile limits?

By Matthew Harries | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev

The Trump administration thinks it can win an arms race. Time for a history lesson.

By David Cortright | Nuclear Weapons

Decision to keep nuclear weapons data classified hurts US national security

By Heather Wuest | Analysis, Interviews, Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Risk

Global Nuclear Stockpiles, 1945–2002

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