U.S. reveals size of nuclear warhead stockpile (SF CHRONICLE)

Hans Kristensen, director of the Federation of American Scientists' Nuclear Information Project in Washington, said his organization had already put the number at around 5,100 by reviewing budget estimates and other documents. The import of the announcement is the precedent it sets, Kristensen said. "The important part is that the U.S. is no longer going to keep other countries in the dark," he said. Read full article.

Release Date: 
May 5, 2010