""4,688 That's the latest
estimate from Hans Kristensen at the Federation of American Scientists. If, like
me, you don't have a security clearance, this is the closest we can get to an
understanding of how many nuclear weapons the United States currently maintains
in its arsenal: [T]he size of the stockpile is important because although the
administration has declassified 64 years of its history, its current size is –
yes, you guessed it – still a secret. In fact, officials have told us that the
2010 disclosure was a one-time decision, not something that would be updated
each year. So all stockpile numbers after September 2009 are still secret. Deep
in the dark corridors of the Pentagon there are still people who believe this is
necessary for national security.""