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Deutsche Welle: US reveals number of nuclear bombs after Trump blackout

Published Oct. 6, 2021. Updated Oct. 6 at 7:13 am

U.S. President Joe Biden takes his mask off during a virtual COVID Summit of the United Nations General Assembly at the South Court Auditorium at Eisenhower Executive Office Building Sept. 22, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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The United States on Tuesday revealed the number of warheads in the country’s nuclear arsenal for the first time in four years, ending a Trump-era blackout on the figure. The number of nuclear weapons — both active and inactive — in the US military’s stockpile stood at 3,750 as of September 30, 2020, according to the data released Tuesday.