Online Satellite Map, New Article Track Thousands of Nuclear Weapons Still in U.S. Arsenal, 15 Years after the End of the Cold War
Source: Natural Resources Defense Council

Nuclear weapons experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) today released an interactive three-dimensional map using Google Earth photographic satellite technology to track the nearly 10,000 nuclear warheads still in the U.S. arsenal, 15 years after the end of the Cold War.
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The satellite map offers a fresh accounting of the extensive U.S. nuclear inventory, and its dynamic graphics let site users “fly” onscreen across a sprawling network of military facilities in 12 states and in Europe. The information is drawn from an article in the November/December issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by NRDC analyst Robert S. Norris and Hans M. Kristensen, director of FAS’s Nuclear Information Project. The satellite map was programmed by Matthew McKinzie, an NRDC nuclear physicist.

+ Requires Google Earth.
+ Nuclear Weapons Layer (.kmz)
+ Where the Bombs Are, 2006 (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists)

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