U.S. Nuclear Stockpile (1945-2009) |
References:
DOE
Facts: Declassification of Certain Characteristics of the United
States Nuclear Weapon Stockpile (December 1993)
Fact
Sheet: Increasing
Transparency in the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
(3
May 2010) (PDF)
Early U.S. Nuclear Weapon Stockpile Data Source: |
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Fiscal Year |
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1945 |
1946 |
1947 |
1948 |
|
Number of nonnuclear components |
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1. Gun-type |
0 |
0 |
0* |
2* |
2. Implosion-type |
2 |
9 |
29* |
53* |
Number of nuclear components |
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3. Gun-type |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4. Implosion-type |
2 |
9 |
13 |
50 |
*Numbers declassified in 1976 |
Fiscal Year |
Weapons in Inventory |
Megatonnage in Inventory |
Weapons Built |
Weapons Retired |
Weapons Disassembled |
1945 |
2 |
0.04 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1946 |
9 |
0.18 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
1947 |
13 |
0.26 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1948 |
50 |
1.25 |
43 |
6 |
0 |
1949 |
170 |
4.19 |
123 |
3 |
0 |
1950 |
299 |
9.53 |
264 |
135 |
0 |
1951 |
438 |
35.25 |
284 |
145 |
0 |
1952 |
841 |
49. 95 |
644 |
241 |
0 |
1953 |
1,169 |
72.80 |
345 |
17 |
0 |
1954 |
1,703 |
339.01 |
535 |
1 |
0 |
1955 |
2,422 |
2,879.99 |
806 |
87 |
0 |
1956 |
3,692 |
9,188.65 |
1,379 |
109 |
0 |
1957 |
5,543 |
17,545.86 |
2,232 |
381 |
0 |
1958 |
7,345 |
17,303.54 |
2,619 |
817 |
0 |
1959 |
12,298 |
19,054.62 |
7,088 |
2,135 |
0 |
1960 |
18,638 |
20,491.17 |
7,178 |
838 |
0 |
1961 |
22,229 |
10,947.71 |
5,162 |
1,571 |
0 |
1962 |
25,540 |
12,825.02 |
4,529 |
766 |
0 |
1963 |
28,133 |
15,977.17 |
3,185 |
830 |
0 |
1964 |
29,463 |
16,943.97 |
3,493 |
2,534 |
0 |
1965 |
31,139 |
15,152.50 |
3,519 |
1,936 |
0 |
1966 |
31,175 |
14,037.46 |
2,429 |
2,357 |
0 |
1967 |
31,255 |
12,786.17 |
1,693 |
1,649 |
0 |
1968 |
29,561 |
11,837.65 |
536 |
2,194 |
0 |
1969 |
27,552 |
11,714.44 |
684 |
3,045 |
0 |
1970 |
26,008 |
9,695.20 |
219 |
1,936 |
0 |
1971 |
25,830 |
8,584.40 |
1,073 |
1,347 |
0 |
1972 |
26,516 |
8,531.51 |
1,546 |
1,541 |
0 |
1973 |
27,835 |
8,452.00 |
1,171 |
544 |
0 |
1974 |
28,537 |
8,325.22 |
959 |
807 |
0 |
1975 |
27,519 |
7,368.38 |
748 |
2,240 |
0 |
1976 |
25,914 |
5,935.51 |
427 |
2,181 |
0 |
1977 |
25,542 |
5,845.0 |
221 |
998 |
0 |
1978 |
24,418 |
5,721.16 |
50 |
1,148 |
0 |
1979 |
24,138 |
5,696.34 |
170 |
730 |
0 |
1980 |
24,104 |
5,618.86 |
0 |
904 |
732 |
1981 |
23,208 |
5,382.91 |
30 |
1,887 |
1,577 |
1982 |
22,886 |
5,358.89 |
338 |
1,537 |
1,535 |
1983 |
23,305 |
5,232.47 |
217 |
749 |
1,120 |
1984 |
23,459 |
5,192.20 |
187 |
1,143 |
994 |
1985 |
23,368 |
5,217.48 |
195 |
1,322 |
1,075 |
1986 |
23,317 |
5,414.54 |
140 |
1,224 |
1,015 |
1987 |
23,575 |
4,882.14 |
Unknown |
958 |
1,189 |
1988 |
23,205 |
4,789.77 |
Unknown |
1,023 |
581 |
1989 |
22,217 |
4,743.34 |
Unknown |
1,794 |
1,208 |
1990 |
21,392 |
4,518.91 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
1,154 |
1991 |
19,008 |
3,795.94 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
1,595 |
1992 |
13,708 |
3,167.88 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
1,856 |
1993 |
11,511 |
2,647.31 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
1,556 |
1994 |
10,979 |
2,375.30 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
1369 |
1995 |
10,904 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
1,393 |
1996 |
11,011 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
1,064 |
1997 |
10,903 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
498 |
1998 |
10,732 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
1,062 |
1999 |
10,685 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
206 |
2000 |
10,577 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
158 |
2001 |
10,526 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
144 |
2002 |
10,457 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
344 |
2003 |
10,027 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
222 |
2004 |
8,570 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
206 |
2005 |
8,360 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
280 |
2006 |
7,853 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
253 |
2007 |
5,709 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
545 |
2008 |
5,273 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
648 |
2009 |
5,113 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
356 |