【美国《原子科学家公报》2013年9/10月刊报道】据估计,英国在1953—2013年期间生产了9种型号的约1200枚核弹头,加上另外45枚试验弹头,共生产了约1250枚核弹头,相当于美国6.65万枚核弹头的2%。英国的核武器库存已经从1974—1981年期间大约500枚核弹头的高峰期缩减至现在的约225枚核弹头。如图1所示,英国核弹头数量从20世纪50年代中期开始不断增长,在1973—1981年期间达到顶峰,即500枚,此后,英国的核 [September / October 2013 issue of the U.S. Atomic Scientist Bulletin] It is estimated that the United Kingdom produced about 1,200 nuclear warheads of nine models from 1953 to 2013, plus another 45 test warheads, producing a total of about 1,250 Nuclear warheads, equivalent to 2% of the 66,500 U.S. nuclear warheads. Britain’s nuclear stockpiles have shrunk from the peak of about 500 nuclear warheads in 1974-1981 to about 225 today. As shown in Figure 1, the number of British nuclear warheads has been increasing since the mid-1950s and peaked from 1973 to 1981, or 500,