The Biden administration on Tuesday declassified the U.S. nuclear stockpile numbers, according to the State Department, revealing the United States had about 3,750 nuclear warheads in its arsenal as of September of last year. “The United States is releasing newly declassified information on the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile to update the information previously released in September 2017,” said the State Department in a statement. The 3,750 nuclear warheads is an approximate 88 percent reduction in the stockpile since 1967 when it reached its maximum of more than 31,255 warheads. It’s also an 83 percent reduction from its level when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1989. “Increasing the transparency of states’ nuclear stockpiles is important to nonproliferation and disarmament efforts, including commitments under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and efforts to address all types of nuclear weapons, including deployed and non-deployed, and strategic and non-strategic,” said the State Department. Between 1994 and 2020, the …
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