How and where are nuclear bombs stored?

A new video highlights where all the accountable nuclear weapons in the world are kept, many of which are within the blast range of major cities across Europe and the US, including London, Glasgow, Brussels, Denver and Seattle. read more

Bombs of such potency are stored in secure and well guarded locations. During the Cold War era on the US and NATO bases used by the Quick Reaction Alert readiness forces numbers of bombs were stored in a heavily secured Weapon storage area located on or in the vicinity of the base. read more

An image from the U.S.'s May, 1953 "Grable" test of a 280-mm nuclear cannon US Department Of Energy Nuclear security scholars Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris of the Federation of American Scientists published a study of the worldwide deployment of nuclear weapons on August 27th in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, their first such survey since 2009. read more