Obama Administration Cuts Back Size of Nuclear Arsenal
Despite cuts, the U.S. arsenal still has thousands of nukes.
By Kyle Mizokami
Jan 12, 2017
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With just days left in his presidency, Barack Obama has announced major cuts to the U.S. nuclear arsenal. The cuts, which are not part of any arms control agreement still leave Washington with an impressive arsenal of more than four thousand nuclear warheads.
Speaking at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace yesterday, Vice President Joe Biden announced the U.S. has reduced its stockpile of nuclear weapons by 553 weapons, to a new total of 4,018. The cuts began in September 2015.
The current, post-cut U.S. stockpile of 4,018 nuclear weapons represents both deployed and nondeployed weapons on intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, and nuclear gravity bombs. It's important to note that this represents individual warheads or bombs and not long-range missiles, bombers, and other delivery systems. Each missile or bomber is capable of carrying multiple warheads or bombs.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a24739/obama-administration-unilateral-nuclear-arms-cuts/
