The Pentagon has no current plans to increase the size of the US nuclear arsenal. The arsenal is far from being in the “perfect shape” that President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants to see under his watch. An in-depth review of the US nuclear force and the strategies and polices that underpin it has been under way since April. The Pentagon review also is looking at the possibility of developing lower-yield nuclear weapons that proponents say would give the president additional options for responding to nuclear threats. The US has an estimated 4,000 nuclear weapons, of which about 1,800 are deployed on missiles and at bomber and fighter bases, according to Hans Kristensen, a nuclear weapons expert at the Federation of American Scientists.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 12, 2017 15:11 UTC