Abstract
This chapter assesses the progress made by the nuclear weapon states towards the ultimate goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world (NWFW) in the following areas: US and Russian strategic arms reductions; reduction in the overall size of the nuclear weapon stockpiles; and data exchange, transparency and nuclear stockpile verification measures. The Russian military leadership sees nuclear weapons as pre-eminent in deterring both conventional and nuclear war. The deadline for the elimination of strategic nuclear delivery vehicles under that Treaty is extended to the end of 2007. At the end of 1996 there were roughly 7000 strategic nuclear warheads deployed with US operational forces. The US nuclear weapons stockpile peaked in 1967 at about 32,000 warheads. The Royal Air Force has been progressively decreasing its stockpile of nuclear bombs over the past few years, and the number of aircraft squadrons with nuclear missions.
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