US nuclear weapons stockpile (June 1993)

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; (United States)

OSTI ID:6467938

Norris, R S ^[1]; Arkin, W M

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1. Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC (United States)

The US. nuclear stockpile is at its lowest level since late 1958 or early 1959. In the past year, many weapons were returned to central military storage depots in the United States and funneled to the Energy Department's Pantex facility for final disassembly and disposal. This article presents a table showing the author's current estimate of the composition of the current operational stockpile, which contains some 10,500 warheads. Also categorized are warheads in [open quotes]inactive reserve[close quotes] and warheads awaiting eventual disassembly. The warheads are generally grouped as bombs, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, intercontinental ballistic missiles, air-launched cruise missiles, and sea-launched cruise missiles. Initial production dates and yield are listed for the warheads.

• OSTI ID: 6467938
• Journal Information: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; (United States), Journal Name: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; (United States) Vol. 49:5; ISSN BASIAP; ISSN 0096-5243
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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