Volume 81, 2025 - Issue 1: Special issue: Nuclear materials, their enduring risks and new challenges Journal homepage Free access 4,355 Views 0 CrossRef citations to date 0 Altmetric Nuclear Notebook United States nuclear weapons, 2025 Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, Eliana Johns & Mackenz...
The United States has embarked on a wide-ranging nuclear modernization program that will ultimately see every nuclear delivery system replaced with newer versions over the coming decades. In this issue of the Nuclear Notebook, we estimate that the United States maintains a stockpile of approximately...
Several of these missile launches were aborted, resulting in the destruction of the missile and nuclear device either on the pad or in the air. Data on United States tests were obtained from and verified by the Department of Energy's three weapons laboratories - Los Alamos National Laboratory,...
The report states,"China and Russia are seeking hypersonic weapons because their speed, altitude, and maneuverability could potentially defeat most missile defense systems, and they could be used to enhance long-range conventional and nuclear strike capabilities." "There are no ready-made countermeasure...
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For this purpose, Russia has established a space and ground missile warning system. After the space unit obtains electronic data and is confirmed by a large radar, the decision on whether to launch a nuclear missile will be handed over to the Supreme Commander and Chief of Staff, who will ...
"With a truly global sharing of responsibility, the number of refugees we face can be managed. But too many states have not risen to the moment," he said. To understand the comments, one need only look at Guterres' background as former High Commissioner of theU.N. Refugee agencyfor a ...
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The state with the second-largest inventory is Washington, which is home to the Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific and the ballistic missile submarines at Naval Submarine Base Kitsap. The submarines operating from this base carry more deployed nuclear weapons than any other base in the United States...
Kristensen, H. M., and M. Korda. 2019. “United States Nuclear Forces, 2019.”The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists75 (3): 122–134. https://doi.org/10.1080/00963402.2019.1606503. Web of Science ®Google Scholar Kristensen, H. M., and M. Korda. 2022. “The 2022 Nuclear Posture Re...