Arsenal Quote by John Burroughs

“York posed the question, how many nuclear weapons are needed to deter an adversary rational enough to be deterred? Concurring with Bundy’s judgment—as who…

— Daniel Ellsberg

The Obama administration has revealed the size of America's nuclear arsenal. We have 1,000 warheads aimed at China, 1,000 aimed at Russia, and the…

— Jay Leno

The U.S. had about 10,000 nuclear warheads. It is estimated that the U.S. is heading towards having 6,000 nuclear warheads in the year 2012.

— John Burroughs

When the START 2 treaty has been implemented - and remember it has not yet been ratified - we will be left with some…

— Joseph Rotblat

It is true that at the time [1962] we had a strategic nuclear force of approximately five thousand warheads compared to the Soviet's three hundred.

— Robert McNamara

There are nine countries in the world that have nuclear weapons. There are about 27,000 nuclear weapons total on the planet. The countries that…

— John Burroughs

Since the end of the Cold War two main nuclear powers have begun to make big reductions in their nuclear arsenals. Each of them…

— Joseph Rotblat

Somewhat by historical happenstance the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - United States, Britain, France, Russia, and China - also were…

— John Burroughs

I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

With all of the history of war, and the human race's history unfortunately has been a good deal more war than peace, with nuclear…

— John F. Kennedy

You probably don't need more weapons than what's required to destroy every city on earth. There's only 2,300 cities. So, the United States, by…

— Carl Sagan

The professed function of the nuclear weapons on each side is to prevent the other side from using their nuclear weapons. If that's all…

— Carl Sagan