Updated Nuclear Stockpile Figures Declassified

Posted on May.31, 2016 in Declassification, Dept of Energy, Nuclear Weapons by Steven Aftergood

The size of the U.S. nuclear stockpile as of September 30, 2015 — 4,571 weapons — and the number of U.S. nuclear weapons that were dismantled in FY 2015 — 109 of them — were declassified and disclosed last week. The latest figures came as a disappointment to arms control and disarmament advocates who favor […]https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2016/05/stockpile-2015/