The US National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) has released new declassified information about the US nuclear weapons stockpile.
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The relevant information is published on the NNSA website.
According to it, as of September 2023, the US nuclear warhead arsenal consisted of 3,748 units. This number means:
- an 88% reduction in inventories compared to the peak value (31,255 units) at the end of fiscal year 1967;
- a decrease of 83% compared to the level at the time the Berlin Wall fell in late 1989 (22,217 units).
From fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 2023, the United States dismantled 12,088 nuclear warheads. Since September 30, 2020, the United States has dismantled 405 nuclear warheads. Approximately 2,000 additional nuclear warheads have been decommissioned and are awaiting dismantlement, the department notes.
At the same time, the number of US non-strategic nuclear weapons has been reduced by more than 90% since September 30, 1991.
During the Cold War, the United States possessed a large number and wide range of nonstrategic nuclear weapons, also known as theater nuclear weapons or tactical nuclear weapons, the NNSA said. Since 1991, the United States has disabled and dismantled nearly all of these weapons.
Source: Racurs
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