00:00 — Introduction
00:30 — The Numbers
01:27 — The Weapon Nobody Can Use
02:46 — Why Iran Changes Everything
04:22 — Wrap Up
Sources:
- Arms Control Association - Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What at a Glance: https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/nuclear-weapons-who-has-what-glance
- Arms Control Association - U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Control Agreements at a Glance: https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/us-russian-nuclear-arms-control-agreements-glance
- Council on Foreign Relations - U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Control Timeline: https://www.cfr.org/timelines/us-russia-nuclear-arms-control
- Council on Foreign Relations - Nukes Without Limits? A New Era After the End of New START: https://www.cfr.org/articles/nukes-without-limits-a-new-era-after-the-end-of-new-start
- ICAN - The Expiration of New START: What It Means and What's Next: https://www.icanw.org/new_start_expiration
- American Friends Service Committee - 4 Things to Know About the End of the U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Treaty: https://afsc.org/news/4-things-know-about-end-us-russia-nuclear-arms-treaty
- XLab (University of Chicago) - Nuclear Risk: https://xrisk.uchicago.edu/nuclear-risk/
- GIS Reports - Nuclear Deterrence After Arms Control Collapse: https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/nuclear-deterrence/
- Arms Control Today - When Gorbachev and Reagan Tried to End the Nuclear Threat: https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2026-05/arms-control-today/when-gorbachev-and-reagan-tried-end-nuclear-threat
- Wikipedia - Nuclear Weapons of the United States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_States
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