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The US nuclear posture has undergone considerable reform
in the first decade following the end of the Cold War.
The number of nuclear weapons has been reduced, the
remaining weapons upgraded, and the infrastructure that
supports nuclear war planning has been modernized to make
the nuclear posture relevant to the post-Cold War world.
The Bush administration has sent Congress the results of a year-long Nuclear Posture Review. The review took place largely without public input, and a leaked excerpt disclosed in the Los Angels Times in March 2002 cause widespread debate about the future direction of the US nuclear posture.
This debate revealed a significant gap between official and public understanding of what the nation's nuclear posture is. It also showed widespread lack of knowledge among reporters, experts, and NGOs of US nuclear posture developments as they occurred in the first decade after the Cold War.
In order to
improve the knowledge of US nuclear posture planning as
it has occurred since the early 1990s, and to empower the
public's ability to impact the future direction of US
nuclear policy, several categories of documents relating
to US nuclear forces and planning are made available (see
bar to the right).
FOIA
document groups
Force structure studies
Advisory groups
Nuclear Posture Reviews
Nuclear submarines
Strategic bombers
Non-strategic nuclear forces
Missile Defense Planning