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On the recordJuly 16, 1999
Today, the United States continues to possess around 7,300 operational nuclear warheads, and the other declared nuclear powers--Russia, Great Britain, France, and China--are estimated to possess over 10,000 operational warheads.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the current state of nuclear weapons in the United States and other powers.

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