OREANDA-NEWS. Approximately 3.8 thousand nuclear warheads are at the disposal of Washington, of which more than 1.7 thousand have already been deployed and installed on missiles and bombers, the American researchers concluded. The United States is armed with 1,740 nuclear warheads already deployed on strategic carriers and another 2050 warheads that are in reserve and are currently stored in warehouses. This is stated in the study of American scientists, published in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 

Researchers estimate that 1,300 warheads are deployed on Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles and Trident II D5 submarines ballistic missiles, 300 nuclear bombs are equipped with strategic bombers at American bases in North Dakota and Missouri and 150 more are stored at bases in Germany , Belgium, the Netherlands (20 units each), Italy (40) and Turkey (50).

The largest nuclear weapons storage facilities in the United States are located in an underground complex in Kirtland (New Mexico), at the Kitsap nuclear-powered nuclear-powered submarines in the state of Washington and at the same base in Kings Bay in the state of Georgia. In addition, about 2.4 thousand. Warheads decided to remove from combat duty due to the fact that they are outdated. They must be disposed of until 2030, the authors of the study write.

Last week, April 26, US President Donald Trump declared that he wanted to give up nuclear weapons, and noted that he would like Russia and China to take this step. He made such a statement the day after The Washington Post and CNN, citing sources, said that the American leader had instructed White House officials to think about preparing a trilateral nuclear control agreement with Russia and China.