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US reveals nuclear bomb numbers after Trump blackout
« on: October 14, 2021, 10:10:18 am »
US reveals nuclear bomb numbers after Trump blackout
by Agence France-Presse
October 6, 2021
 

The US State Department published on Tuesday the number of nuclear warheads the country stockpiles for the first time in four years, after former president Donald Trump placed a blackout on the data.

As of September 30, 2020, the US military maintained 3,750 active and inactive nuclear warheads, down by 55 from a year earlier and by 72 from the same date in 2017.

The figure was also the lowest level since the US nuclear stockpile peaked at the height of the Cold War with Russia in 1967, when the total was 31,255 warheads.

The numbers were released Tuesday amid an effort by the administration of President Joe Biden to restart arms controls talks with Russia after they stalled under Trump.

https://www.defencetalk.com/us-reveals-nuclear-bomb-numbers-after-trump-blackout-77418/
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Re: US reveals nuclear bomb numbers after Trump blackout
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2021, 10:11:26 am »
Russia, China, Iran, and N. Korea thank Biden for that intelligence. :seeya:
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Re: US reveals nuclear bomb numbers after Trump blackout
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2021, 10:16:00 am »
Quote from: rangerrebew on October 14, 2021, 10:11:26 am
Russia, China, Iran, and N. Korea thank Biden for that intelligence. :seeya:
Exactly. **nononono*
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Re: US reveals nuclear bomb numbers after Trump blackout
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2021, 11:13:59 am »
What is an "inactive warhead" and why would you maintain it?
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Re: US reveals nuclear bomb numbers after Trump blackout
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2021, 01:48:45 pm »
I'd venture to guess that there is a fair number of them just down the road from my house.  Oh well...won't feel a thing...lol.
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Re: US reveals nuclear bomb numbers after Trump blackout
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2021, 04:10:55 pm »
Quote from: mrpotatohead on October 14, 2021, 01:48:45 pm
I'd venture to guess that there is a fair number of them just down the road from my house.  Oh well...won't feel a thing...lol.
I have had a ringside seat for WWIII for decades...

Just far enough from the nearest silo...and upwind.
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Re: US reveals nuclear bomb numbers after Trump blackout
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2021, 04:15:30 pm »
Quote from: EdinVA on October 14, 2021, 11:13:59 am
What is an "inactive warhead" and why would you maintain it?
I would guess that an inactive warhead is one not assembled and ready to go. That would require a fair amount of custodial maintenance, I would think (I have no inside track, just drawing on a knowledge of chemistry). Plutonium oxidizes readily, not to mention is radioactive, and highly toxic to humans even as a relatively stable isotope. All that needs to be cared for and kept secure, as a matter of course. Components could be made back into bombs if the need arose, and the re-refining process would be much more efficient with high grade feedstocks if those components have degraded through normal radioactive decay. 
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Re: US reveals nuclear bomb numbers after Trump blackout
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2021, 04:15:52 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on October 14, 2021, 04:10:55 pm
I have had a ringside seat for WWIII for decades...

Just far enough from the nearest silo...and upwind.
Same here - the Blue Cube at Moffett Field in Sunnyvale controlled military satellites for 50 years and was a priority Soviet target all of that time.
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