Nuclear weapons delivery is the technology and systems used to place a nuclear weapon at the position of detonation, on or near its target. Main delivery mechanisms · Other delivery systems · Costs

This chapter provides an overview of current and planned US nuclear delivery systems and platforms.

For example, the U.S. strategic nuclear arsenal consists of land-based ICBMs, submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), and heavy bombers, which ...

North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs continue to pose a serious threat to US interests and to the security environment in East Asia.

Missiles are dispersed in hardened silos to protect against attack and connected to an underground launch control center through a system of hardened cables.

According to the March 2023 New START declaration, the United States deploys 1,419 strategic nuclear warheads on 662 strategic delivery systems ( ...

19 нояб. 2024 г. · Tactical nuclear weapons, small nuclear warheads and delivery systems intended for use on the battlefield or for a limited strike.

A nuclear triad is a three-pronged military force structure of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles ...

There are three kinds of delivery systems that comprise the U.S. nuclear triad: nuclear-capable heavy bombers (known as the "air leg"), intercontinental ...

All nuclear weapons in the stockpile are categorized as strategic or non-strategic. Strategic weapons are those delivered by intercontinental ballistic missiles ...