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Strategic Weapons: April 27, 2002

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: After the completion of current cuts and retirements (about 2012), the US nuclear weapons arsenal will consist of:

@ 14 Trident D5 missile submarines, each with 24 missiles. Two of these submarines will be out of service for overhauls at any given time.

@ 500 Minuteman-III intercontinental ballistic missiles. 

@ 76 old B-52H and 21 new B-2 bombers.--Stephen V Cole

 

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