The USA announced the number of its nuclear warheads: Trump had this data kept secret – Topky.sk

From fiscal 1994 to 2020 (beginning on October 1 in the United States), Washington dismantled 11,683 nuclear warheads. The arsenal of 3,750 active and inactive nuclear warheads as of September 30, 2020 represents an approximately 88 percent reduction in the arsenal from a maximum of 31,255 warheads at the end of fiscal 1967 and an approximately 83 percent reduction (22,217) compared to the end of 1989. American Department of Diplomacy. The current arsenal of United States nuclear warheads is thus the smallest since 1967, when the United States had 31,255 nuclear warheads at its disposal during the Cold War with Russia.

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

It’s 3,750 active and inactive nuclear warheads pic.twitter.com/BlcB6TVKrh

– AFP News Agency (@AFP) October 6, 2021

“The United States has dismantled 711 nuclear warheads as of September 30, 2017. Another 2,000 nuclear warheads are currently decommissioned and awaiting dismantling.” explained by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The figures were released as part of an effort by the administration of President Joe Biden to resume arms control talks with Russia after they stopped under Trump’s government. “Increasing transparency on states’ nuclear arsenals is important for non-proliferation and disarmament efforts.” states a statement from the US State Department.

On behalf of the United States, Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal with Iran and the short-range and medium-range (INF) nuclear weapons treaty signed in 1987, as well as the New Start treaty, which limits the number of nuclear warheads in the Washington and Moscow arsenals. Trump declared on the New Start margin that he wanted a new agreement that would include China, which – compared to the US and Russia – has only a fraction of nuclear warheads.

Biden, who took office on January 20, immediately proposed extending the New Start contract for five years, with which Russian President Vladimir Putin quickly agreed. This agreement limits the number of nuclear warheads that Moscow and Washington can have to 1550. It was also the last valid arms control agreement between Washington and Moscow. It was closed in 2010 and was signed by the then presidents of the USA and Russia – Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev.

Russia has in the past proposed extending the agreement without any changes or other conditions, but the administration of former President Donald Trump waited until last year to start negotiations, making its extension conditional on more demands. The Ukrainian crisis or Russia’s interference in the US presidential election in 2016. Last week, another round of consultations between Russian and US diplomats took place in Geneva, which also discussed the successor to the New Start Treaty and conventional arms control.

An unnamed US official called the talks “productive”, but both sides said the positive was the fact that they had taken place. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said that by January 2021, the United States had 5,550 heads – including Russia is owned by 6255 nuclear warheads, China – 350, Britain – 225, France – 290, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea have a total of around 460 nuclear warheads.