US reveals nuclear bomb numbers after Trump blackout
- As of September 30, 2020, the US military maintained 3,750 active and inactive nuclear warheads, the lowest figure since the height of the Cold War
- The numbers were released amid an effort by the Biden administration to restart arms controls talks with Russia
The US State Department published on Tuesday the number of nuclear warheads the country stockpiles for the first time in four years, after former president Donald Trump placed a blackout on the data.
As of September 30, 2020, the US military maintained 3,750 active and inactive nuclear warheads, down by 55 from a year earlier and by 72 from the same date in 2017.
The figure was also the lowest level since the US nuclear stockpile peaked at the height of the Cold War with Russia in 1967, when the total was 31,255 warheads.
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“Increasing the transparency of states’ nuclear stockpiles is important to non-proliferation and disarmament efforts,” the State Department said in a statement.