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Estimates of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile, 2007 and 2012
Overview

This fact sheet, which challenges the U.S. government’s secrecy over the size of its nuclear weapons stockpile and the number of dismantled nuclear weapons, estimates that the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile currently includes approximately 9,930 nuclear warheads, and that the stockpile will decline to about 5,040 by the end of 2012.

U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Europe
Issue Paper

A review of post-Cold War policy, force levels, and war planning.

Nuclear Insecurity: A Critique of the Bush Administration's Nuclear Weapons Policies
Report

This September 2004 report assesses the Bush administration's nuclear weapons policies and concludes that they have made the United States more vulnerable, not more secure. The report finds that these policies undermine the U.S. effort to combat terrorism by diverting resources from the real threats of our time, squandering billions of dollars on Cold War–era weapons and new nuclear warheads, and perpetuating the arms race. The report offers recommendations for a more responsible nuclear policy, including: honoring the U.S. commitment to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, scrapping plans for nuclear bunker busters, and stopping the deployment of the unproven missile defense system.

Comments on DOE's Draft SW/SPEIS for Continued Operation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Comments

Submitted in writing to the U.S. Department of Energy/NNSA by Christopher E. Paine, NRDC senior nuclear program analyst, May 26, 2004.

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