The United States has updated the number of nuclear weapons it possesses

The State Department revealed on Tuesday the number of nuclear weapons in your arsenal, contrary to the policy of the government of former President Donald Trump who avoided disclosing the figure in his later years.

As indicated by US diplomacy, this will help global efforts to control the flow of these weapons.

The number of weapons, both in active condition and in storage, has been 3,750 in September 2020, the federal agency reported. This figure is lower than the 3,805 recorded a year earlier and the 3,785 in 2018.

As recently as 2003, the United States possessed a total of 10,000 nuclear weapons. It reached its highest number in 1967 at 31,255.

The last time the United States government released the number of weapons in its arsenal was in March 2018., up from 3,822 in September 2017. This was at the start of the Trump administration, which he subsequently kept the updated figures secret and rejected a request by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) to declassify the totals.

“Back to transparency,” said Hans Kristensen, director of the FAS Nuclear Information Project. He assured that the government of President Joe Biden had done well to reverse the policies of his predecessor.

Additionally, Kristensen noted that Revealing arsenal will help US diplomats in arms control negotiations and next year’s nuclear non-proliferation treaty conference, which will review the disarmament pledge made by the nuclear powers that signed the treaty, including the United States.

The Biden administration is leading a review of nuclear weapons policy and posture that is expected to be completed early next year.

At the Disarmament Conference last February in Geneva, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: “President Biden made it clear: America has a national security imperative and a moral responsibility to reduce and eliminate at over time, the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction. . “

(With AP information)

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