Overview

• The report recommends increasing the U.S. force to roughly 4,625 operationally deployed warheads by 2050, up from about 1,750 today, arguing the current arsenal is too small and outdated.
• It calls for about 3,500 strategic warheads and roughly 1,125 non-strategic weapons supported by Sentinel ICBMs, Columbia-class submarines, nuclear-capable B-21 bombers, long-range cruise missiles and theater-range hypersonic systems.
• The plan proposes placing about 3,200 warheads under U.S. Northern Command with additional allocations of roughly 750 in Europe and 675 in the Indo-Pacific, plus forward deployments to Finland, Poland and South Korea.
• Citing Pentagon assessments, the report notes China is adding about 100 nuclear warheads each year and could reach strategic parity with the United States by the mid-2030s.
• The proposal surfaces as arms-control limits erode after Russia suspended participation in New START in 2023, with costs and political feasibility of such an expansion unresolved.