The US Nuclear Arsenal

Published Sep 13, 2017

Here’s every nuclear weapon in the US arsenal

每个点代表一个核武器——地球上最具破坏性的装置. The US nuclear arsenal includes over 3,800 weapons.

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These weapons are unlike any other.

Here’s an average one, the W78. 它的爆炸产生的火球会蒸发半英里半径内的一切. 爆炸一英里内的冲击波会摧毁几乎所有的建筑物和人类. 方圆四英里内所有暴露在外的人都会受到三度烧伤. 那些幸存下来的倒塌的建筑物和火灾将受到致命剂量的辐射. Depending on blast and weather conditions, 放射性沉降物可以扩散一百多英里.

Hundreds can be launched within minutes.

大约有400枚核弹头导弹驻扎在科罗拉多州的地下, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, and North Dakota. They’re staffed 24/7 and kept on hair-trigger alert一旦接到总统的命令,他们就准备发射.

Submarines carry hundreds more.

一艘核潜艇携带的爆炸威力是二战期间使用的所有武器(包括广岛和长崎的两枚核弹)的8倍. 美国在任何时候平均在海上部署8到10艘这样的潜艇.

Aircraft are armed too.

美国空军基地部署了大约300枚炸弹和空射巡航导弹. Another 100 bombs are in Europe. All are capable of smaller, lower-yield explosions, 这可能会增加它们被实际使用的风险.

The president can use them at any time.

作为三军统帅,总统对美国的核武库拥有完全的控制权. 总统不需要咨询国会中的任何人, the judicial branch, 甚至是美国军方,然后才下令进行核打击.

More are in storage.

成千上万的备用武器被保存在仓库中,即所谓的核对冲. In total, the US maintains about 2,000 nuclear warheads in storage.

New weapons on the way.[1]

美国计划花费一万亿美元重建基本上所有的核武器和运载系统. Experts fear that the plan, which includes new designs and capabilities, 会加剧与俄罗斯和中国的紧张关系,并最终削弱美国的安全.

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Concerned?

So are we. 武器太多了,我们的政策和计划都围绕着它们hair-trigger, presidential authority, the trillion dollar plan—are simply too risky.

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[1] 灰色的武器是B61-7, B61-11和B83炸弹,其中只有B61-7会被替换. 目前的公开估计,这三枚炸弹总共有510枚(已部署的100枚,储存的410枚)。, but no information on the individual bombs. Based on information from 2013, 目前的武器库中可能有155到430枚B61-7.

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