{"id":11940,"date":"2021-10-07T20:31:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T12:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11940"},"modified":"2021-10-07T20:31:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T12:31:25","slug":"the-united-states-discloses-size-of-nuclear-stockpile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11940","title":{"rendered":"The United States discloses size of nuclear stockpile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON, Oct\u00a07\u00a0&#8212; The US\u00a0State Department has disclosed the number of nuclear weapons in the country&#8217;s stockpile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A report issued on Tuesday showed that the US&nbsp;stockpile consisted of 3,750 nuclear warheads as of September 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stockpile includes both &#8220;active&#8221; and &#8220;inactive&#8221; warheads, the report noted, adding that some 2,000 additional warheads are currently retired and awaiting dismantlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-07-at-20.28.45.png\" alt=\"stockpile\" class=\"wp-image-11941\" width=\"511\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-07-at-20.28.45.png 590w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-07-at-20.28.45-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-07-at-20.28.45-180x100.png 180w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-07-at-20.28.45-350x194.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The disclosure, the first time in four years, reversed a policy introduced by the previous administration to classify the size of the nuclear stockpile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States and Russia possess most of the world&#8217;s nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the latest data by the Federation of American Scientists, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, over 90 percent of global nuclear warheads are owned by the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/world\/news.php?id=2011112\">BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, Oct\u00a07\u00a0&#8212; 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