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May 7, 2024 · The United States is modernizing its nuclear bomber force by upgrading nuclear command-and-control capabilities on existing bombers, developing enhanced nuclear weapons (the B61–12, B61–13, and the new AGM-181 Long-Range Standoff Weapon or LRSO), and designing a new heavy bomber (the B-21 Raider).
May 7, 2024 · Despite calls for transparency of adversarial arsenals, nuclear secrecy at home has increased. In this issue of the Nuclear Notebook, FAS estimates that the United States maintains a stockpile of approximately 3,708 warheads—an unchanged estimate from the previous year.
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Aug 25, 2023 · Under the effort, the U.S. will field the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system to replace the Minuteman III, the Columbia class ballistic missile submarine to replace the Ohio class...
Mar 9, 2023 · Russia and China have been modernizing their nuclear arsenals for years, but much of the U.S. nuclear stockpile is decades old. The government is now ramping up efforts to replace or...
Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico and California, which stress-tests nuclear weapons. The Savannah River Site in South Carolina which processes waste and produces tritium. The Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee where uranium is enriched and processed.
1. Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) 2. Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs) and Submarines. 3. Strategic Bombers. Cost Overview.
Jan 16, 2023 · The United States is modernizing its nuclear bomber force by upgrading nuclear command-and-control capabilities on existing bombers, developing improved nuclear weapons (the B61-12 and the new AGM-181 Long-Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO), and designing a new heavy bomber (the B-21 Raider).
