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This Nuclear Notebook examines China’s nuclear arsenal, which has now surpassed France’s as the world’s third largest. The authors estimate that China's stockpile now includes roughly 350 operational warheads with more in production. The stockpile is projected to increase further in the next decade but remains significantly smaller than that of Russia or the United States.
Bulletin Virtual Program May 27, 2021 12-1 p.m. CDT | 1-2 p.m. EDT Join the Federation of American Scientists’ Hans Kristensen and MIT’s Heather Williams in conversation with The Guardian’s Julian Borger to discuss the United Kingdom’s decision to increase its nuclear stockpile limit. Hear how that choice fits into global trends towards nuclear modernization but also what can be done to keep on the path of disarmament. Speakers Hans Kristensen Hans Kristensen is the director of the Nuclear Information Project with the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) in Washington, DC. His w...
Russia's Tu-95 Bombers Are Old School, But Still Killing This bomber is important to Russia's strategic forces. It might still be propeller-driven, but don't let that fool you. Here's What You Need to Remember: What’s interesting about the Tu-95MSM modernization is that it represents a slow downsizing of the Russian strategic bomber fleet. Both the BAS and popular Russian sources have suggested that the MSM upgrade will not be applied to the entire current Tu-95MS fleet. The Tu-95 is one of the oldest designs in active service in the Russian Air Force. Driven by eight contra-rotating turb...
https://thebulletin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Vanguard_at_Faslane_04-featured-image-150x150.jpg Editor’s note: The Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by Hans M. Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project with the Federation of American Scientists, and Matt Korda, a research associate with the project. The Nuclear Notebook column has been published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists since 1987. To download a free PDF of this article, click here. To see all previous Nuclear Notebook columns, click here. Of all the nuclear weapon states, the United Kingd...
Nuclear Notebook: How many nuclear weapons does Russia have in 2021? Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, March 15, 2021 T his is a very long article. Some introductory bits: Russia is in the middle of a decades-long modernization of its strategic and nonstrategic nuclear forces to replace Soviet-era weapons with newer systems……… Putin also noted his disappointment with the “deterioration” of the US-Russia arms control regime, and declared that the United States withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the Intermediate-Rang...