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Feb 21, 2023 · The U.S. has an estimated 200 tactical nuclear bombs, which have yields of 0.3 to 170 kilotons (The bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, was 15 kilotons.) In the interactive...
- Janet Loehrke
Declassified map shows 1,100 targets that may be hit in nuclear war with Russia. Story by Emma Rowbottom. • 3w • 2 min read. A declassified list of US nuclear targets spanning 1,100 locations...
At the start of 2018 nine states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) — possessed approximately 14,465 nuclear weapons.
Jan 25, 2019 · The US's nuclear warhead count falls short to only Russia, and like Russia, the US swelled its arsenal to surpass 30,000 weapons during the height of the Cold War.
Jun 14, 2021 · Similarly, while the 2018 US Nuclear Posture Review claimed that Russia had ‘up to 2000’ non-strategic (tactical) nuclear weapons (a claim that has since been regularly repeated by government officials), in 2021 the US Defense Intelligence Agency stated that the figure was 1000–2000, an assessment that would indicate that the number might actual...
Mar 13, 2024 · Russia, which inherited the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons, has the world's biggest store of nuclear warheads. Putin controls about 5,580 nuclear warheads, according to the Federation of American...
Apr 3, 2022 · Today nine countries have nuclear weapons – the US, Russia, China, France, the UK, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea – but the US and Russia hold 90 per cent of the world’s nuclear ...
