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B The Buildup and Builddown of Nuclear Forces
Pages 105-110

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... The peak buildup rate in the nuclear weapons stockpiles, particularly that of the United States (about 5,000 weapons per year) was substantially larger then the currently feasible dismantlement rate (about 1,500 to 2,000 weapons per year)
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... Cochran, "Nuclear Weapons Databook: U.S.-U.S.S.R./Russian Strategic Offensive Nuclear Forces, 1945-96" (Washington, D.C.: Natural Resources Defense Council, January 1997)
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... , 1945-1996. Source: Natural Resources Defense Council.
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... nuclear stockpile, 1945-1996. Source: Natural Resources Defense Council.
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... nuclear warheads and megatonnage by fiscal year. Source: Natural Resources Defense Council.
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... 0 600 500 to 400 300 a Q by 200 100 APPENDIX B -1 - United Kingdom -- -- France -- China , 74 ,' .' .' 1 1 1 1 1 1 O 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 End Calendar Year FIGURE B.7 Estimated nuclear weapons stockpiles of the UK, France, and China, 19501993. Source: Data provided by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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