Estimated Global Nuclear Warhead Inventories, 2014
The world’s nuclear-armed states possess a combined total of nearly 17,000 nuclear warheads. More than 90 percent belong to Russia and the United States. Approximately 10,000 warheads are in military service, with the rest awaiting dismantlement.
Source: Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris Endnote
1. Retired warheads are those no longer in the stockpile but intact as they await dismantlement; stockpiled warheads are those assigned for potential use on military delivery vehicles; deployed warheads are those on ballistic missiles and at aircraft bases. Graphic from page 28 of “The Unaffordable Arsenal - Reducing the Costs of the Bloated U.S. Nuclear Stockpile,” Tom Z. Collina and Research Staff, The Arms Control Association, October 2014

 

 

Estimated Global Nuclear Warhead Inventories, 2014
The world’s nuclear-armed states possess a combined total of nearly 17,000 nuclear warheads. More than 90 percent belong to Russia and the United States. Approximately 10,000 warheads are in military service, with the rest awaiting dismantlement.
Source: Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris Endnote
1. Retired warheads are those no longer in the stockpile but intact as they await dismantlement; stockpiled warheads are those assigned for potential use on military delivery vehicles; deployed warheads are those on ballistic missiles and at aircraft bases. Graphic from page 28 of “The Unaffordable Arsenal - Reducing the Costs of the Bloated U.S. Nuclear Stockpile,” Tom Z. Collina and Research Staff, The Arms Control Association, October 2014