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Nuclear Weapons Cost Overruns Raise Serious Questions
On the radar: WaPost concerned by B61 cost explosion; State advisory board recommends reductions; There is no “I” in NIF; Ross on US-Israel timetables; Krepon on space; and Cold War waste propels Curiosity.   Read more »
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Posted on August 20, 2012
The Steady Decline of Global Nuclear Stockpiles
Russia got rid of an estimated 1,000 nuclear warheads last year, according to a new report from Hans Kristensen and Robert Norris of the Federation of American Scientists, a Ploughshares Fund grantee. That brings the estimated number of nuclear warheads in the world down below 20,000 for the first time since 1959. Russia had already retired these warheads and slated them for dismantlement, so the strategic calculus has not changed. However, it is a strong data point showing the steep downward trend of global nuclear arsenals. Read more »
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Posted by Ben Loehrke on March 14, 2012
Dismantlement, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Zero, Reductions, Russia, United States