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U.S. Boasts 3,748 Nuclear warheads

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We Now Know the Full Extent of the U.S. Nuclear Arsenal

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The U.S. has 3,748 nuclear warheads in its military stockpile.

These are weapons that are ready to use, with estimated yields of more than 300 kilotons.

The Biden Administration announced the total number of warheads for the first time since 2021 .

The revelation comes amid a new arms race that the United States is helping to fuel with a $1.7 trillion investment in modernization.

The U.S stockpile was created soon after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs ended World War II , as Los Alamos continued to hand-fashion new bombs demanded by the military.

Washington State , home of the Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific and the ballistic missile submarines at Naval Submarine Base Kitsap , holds 1,620 warheads.

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