United Kingdom nuclear weapons, 2021
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The Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by Hans M. Kristensen, director of the Information Project with Federation American Scientists, Matt Korda, a research associate project. column has been published in Bulletin Atomic Scientists since 1987. This issue’s examines United Kingdom’s nuclear arsenal, which includes stockpile approximately 225 warheads. Of these, up to 120 are operationally available for deployment on four ballistic missile submarines. In 2021, however, government announced UK would increase its ceiling 260 To see all previous columns, go https://thebulletin.org/nuclear-risk/nuclear-weapons/nuclear-notebook/.
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the atomic scientists
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0096-3402', '1938-3282']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00963402.2021.1912309