• Tagesschau: Frankreich erhöht Zahl seiner Atomsprengköpfe, ARD, 02.03.2026
• Frankfurter Rundschau/Newsweek: Frankreich testet neue Atomrakete, 15.11.2025
• Spiegel Ausland: Großbritannien und Frankreich wollen nukleare Abschreckung koordinieren, 10.07.2025
• Waschinski G: Macron deutet Ideen zum Atombomben-Schutzschirm an, Handelsblatt, 14.05.2025
• Nuclear Notebook, French nuclear forces, 2025
• SIPRI: World Nuclear Forces 2025, SIPRI-Jahrbuch 2025
• Brüning M-A: Militärexperte: Atommacht Frankreich kann Deutschland schützen, WDR, 06.03.2025
• Klimm L, Krüger P-A: Macron drängt zum Dialog über atomare Abschreckung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 07.02.2020
• BBC, Cameron and Sarkozy hail UK-France defence treaties, 02.11.2010

• Ghosh, D (2016): Successful Test Launch of AGNI V, Press  Information  Bureau,  Government  of  India, 27. Dezember.
• IPFM - International Panel of Fissile Materials (2016): Countries: India, IPFM-Webseite.
• Kristensen, HM (2013): India’s Missile Modernization Beyond Minimum Deterrence. FAS Strategic Security Blog. 4. Oktober.
• Kristensen HM, Norris RS (2017): Indian nuclear forces, 2017, in Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Vol. 73:4 205-209.
• Ministry of Defense, India (2017): Annual Report 2016-2017: 38.
• Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India (1999): Draft Report of National Security Advisory Board on Indian Nuclear Doctrine, 17. August.
• Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India (2003): The Cabinet Committee on Security Reviews perationalization of India's Nuclear Doctrine, 4. Januar.
• Pandit, R (2013): India Readies Hi-Tech Naval Base to Keep Eye on China. The Times of India, 26. März.
• SIPRI - Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2017): Global nuclear weapons: Modernization remains the priority, press statement, 3. Juli.

• Barnaby F (2004): Expert opinion of Charles Frank Barnaby in the matter of Mordechai Vanunu, FAS, 14.06.2004
• Barnaby F (1989): The Invisible Bomb: The nuclear arms race in the Middle East, Bloomsbury Academic, 31.12.1989
• Burr W, Cohen A (2020): Duplicity and Self-Deception: Israel, the United States, and the Dimona Inspections, 1964-65, The National Security Archive, 10.11.2020
• Cohen A (2017): The 1967 Six-Day War, Wilson Center
• Cohen A (2013): When Israel stepped back from the brink, New York Times, 03.10.2013
• Cohen A (2010): The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb
• Cohen A (2008): Interview with Arbab 'Sini' Azaryahu, Wilson Center, Januar 2008
• Cohen A (1998): Israel and the Bomb, New York: Columbia University Press
• Cohen A, Burr W (2021): How Israel Built a Nuclear Program Right Under the Americans' Noses, Haaretz, 17.01.2021
• Cohen A, Burr W (2015): The U.S. Discovery of Israel's Secret Nuclear Project, The National Security Archive, 15.04.2015
• Colby et al (2013): The Israeli "Nuclear Alert" of 1973: Deterrence and signaling in crisis, CNA, April 2013
• Cordesman (2005): Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East, CSIS, 25.03.2005
• DIA - US Defense Intelligence Agence (1999): A Primer on the Future Threat: The Decades Ahead: 1999-2010. Ein Auszug aus dem Dokument wurde erst durch Scarborough R (2004): Rumsfeld's War veröffentlicht und online durch die Federation of Atomic Scientists.
• Electronic Intifada (2003): BBC Transcript of "Israel's Secret Weapon" (part 1), 29.06.2003
• Harding L, Campbell D (2006): Calls for Olmert to resign after nuclear gaffe, Guardian (UK), 13.12.2006
• Hersch S (1991): The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign  Policy.  London: Faber and Faber.
• Hough H (1997): Could Israel's nuclear assets survive a first strike? Jane's Intelligence Review, September: 407-410.
• Hounam P (1986): Revealed: The secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal, Sunday Times, 05.10.1986
• IPFM - International Panel of Fissile Materials (2016): Countries: Israel, IPFM-Webseite
• Karpin Ml (2006): The Bomb in the Basement: How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World
• Kissinger H (1969): Memorandum for the President. Israel's Nuclear Program, 06.11.1969
• Kristensen H, Korda M (2023): World Nuclear Forces in SIPRI Yearbook 2023, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
• Kristensen HM, Korda M (2022): Israeli nuclear weapons, 2022, in Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 17.01.2022
• Netanjahu B (2011): Interview mit Premierminister Netanjahu bei CNN, Piers Morgan Tonight am 17. März.
• Nuclear Weapons Archive (1997): Israel's Nuclear Weapons Program, 10.12.1997
• Owen H (1969): Impact on U.S. Policies of an Israeli Nuclear Weapons Capability. Action Memorandum to Secretary of State, 07.02.1969
• Sale R (2002): Yom Kippur: Israel's 1973 nuclear alert, UPI, 16.09.2002
• Townsley ES, Robinson CA (1987): Critical technology assessment in Israel and NATO nations, Institute for Defense Analyses, April 1987
• Walsh JP (1969): Israeli Nuclear Weapons Programm - NSSM 40, National Security Study Memorandum, 30.05.1969

• Kristensen HM, Korda M: United States nuclear weapons, 2024, Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 06.05.2024
• Kristensen HM, Norris RS: Global nuclear weapons inventories, 1945–2013, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2013
• Kimball D: The Nuclear Testing Tally, Fact Sheet, Arms Control Association, 08.04.2023
• Nassauer O: Tailored Deterrence, eine Nuklearpolitik für Donald Trump, W&F, 1/2018, 30.04.2018
• Hagen R: „Sicher und effektiv“: Die USA stellen neue „Nuclear Posture Review“ vor, Atomwaffen A-Z Blog, 20.02.2023
• Congressional Budget Office (CBO): Approaches for Managing the Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces 2017 to 2046, Oktober 2017
• Reif K: The Trillion (and a Half) Dollar Triad?, Issue Brief, Arms Control Association, 18.08.2017
• US-Energieministerium: DoE and NNSA celebrate W76-1 Life extension Program, 23.01.2019
• US-Energieministerium: NNSA completes first production unit of W88 alteration 370, 13.07.2021
• International Security Advisory Board: Report on Deterrence in a World of Nuclear Multipolarity, US-Außenministerium, Oktober 2023
• NNSA: W93/MK7 Acquisition Program, November 2023
• NNSA: 2023 Year in Review. Making our vision a reality, Februar 2024
• US-Verteidigungsministerium: Germany – F-35 Aircraft and Munitions, Pressemitteilung, 28.07.2022
• US-Verteidigungsministerium: Fact Sheet on B61 Variant Development, 27.10.2023
• U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO): Weapons Systems Annual Assessment, Report to Congressional Committees, Juni 2022
• Rogers MD (Rep.): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024,118th US Congress H.R.2670, wurde Gesetz am 22.12.2023
• US-Verteidigungsministerium: Department of Defense Releases the President's Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Budget, Pressemitteilung, 11.03.2024
• Hughes R: Boeing contracted to integrate LRSO cruise missile with the B-52H bomber, Janes, 15.03.2019
• US-Energieministerium, NNSA: Fiscal Year 2023 Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan – Biennial Plan Summary, Report to Congress, April 2023
• Office of the Unter Secretary of Defense (Comptroller): National Defense Budget Estimates for FY 2024, "Green Book", US-Verteidigungsministerium, Mai 2023
• Congressional Budget Office (CBO): Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2023 to 2032, Juli 2023
• Demarist C: Plutonium Pit Production in SC Might Happen in 2035. The Target Was 2030, Aiken Standard, 12.06.2021
• US-Energieministerium, NNSA: NNSA approves Critical Decision 1 for Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility, 28.06.2021

• BAE Systems: Construction Starts on the Third Dreadnought Class Submarine, 09.02.2023
• Borger J: UK lobbies US to support controversial new nuclear warheads, The Guardian, 01.08.2020
• Cleverly J: Address on the UK Integrated Review in Conference on Disarmament, 26.03.2021
• Cunningham A: Seven activists arrested at air base blockade, BBC News, Suffolk, 28.04.2025
• Gryllis G: Nuclear submarine commander sacked for sex video with junior sailor, The Times, 12.08.2024
• HM Government: Delivering the UK’s Nuclear Deterrent as a National Endeavour, Defence Nuclear Enterprise, CP 1058, März 2024
• HM Government: Global Britain in a competitive age, March 2021
• HM Government: National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015. A Secure and Prosperous United Kingdom, November 2015
• Kristensen H, Korda M et al: United Kingdom nuclear weapons, 2024, Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 12.11.2024
• Kristensen et al: Warhead „Super-Fuze“ increases targetting capability of US SSBN force, FAS Strategic Security Blog, 02.03.2017
• Lovegrove S: Oral evidence, MoD Annual Report and Accounts, 2019-2020, HC 1051, House of Commons Defence Committee, Q31, 08.12.2020
• Mills C: The Cost of the UK’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent, House of Commons Library Briefing Paper No. 8166, 02.03.2021
• Mills C: Nuclear weapons at a glance: United Kingdom, House of Commons Library, 01.08.2024
• NATO: Keynote interview with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at Reuters Next Event, 01.12.2021
• Norton-Taylor R: Theresa May’s first job: decide on UK’s nuclear response, Guardian 12.07.2016
• Nuclear Information Service: US-AUK Mutual Defence Agreement: A Nuclear Information Service Briefing, July 2024
• Select Committee on Defence, Examination of Witnesses Whitehouse and Hare, 28.03.2006
• Street T: An Update on UK Nuclear Weapons Modernisation, Nuclear Information Service, 28.06.2022
• UK Ministry of Defence: The UK’s nuclear deterrent: what you need to know, 28.03.2024
• UK Ministry of Defence: The United Kingdom’s Future Nuclear Deterrent: The 2022 Update to Parliament
• UK Ministry of Defence: Defence Secretary announces programme to replace the UK’s nuclear deterrent, 25.02.2020
• US Department of Defense Office of Inspector General: Evaluation of the Air Forces’s nuclear design certification of the F-15E, B-2, and F-35A aircraft to carry the B61-12 nuclear bomb, Report No. DODIG-2024-080, 09.05.2024

• Aboufazeli, Amin: Südafrikas Atomwaffenprogramm: Gründe, Anfänge, Verlauf, Ende (Diplomarbeit), März 2008
• Nuclear Weapon Archive: South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program, The Early Years, September 2001
• Masiza Z: A Chronology of South Africa's nuclear program, The Nonproliferation Review, Fall 1993
• Rabert, Bernhard: Die entschärften Kernwaffen Südafrikas: Beginn einer Tendenzwende in der Dritten Welt, in Aussenpolitik (Hamburg), 46 (1. Quartal 1995) 1, S. 70-80
• Steffen, J-P: Südafrikas Atomwaffenprogramm, März 2010
• Stumpf W: South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program: From Deterrence to Dismantlement, Arms Control Today, Dez 1995/Jan 1996

• Al Jazeera Staff, AP, Reuters: IAEA confirms buildings damaged at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, Al Jazeera, 03.03.2026
• Razavimaleki V, Caplan M: With Khamene dead, Crown Prince Pahlavi could be Iran’s next leader. What would it mean for nuclear security? Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 02.03.2026
• Edwards C: Who’s running Iran now that the supreme leader is dead? CNN World, 01.03.2026
• Bunn M: Trump’s war on Iran: grave dangers and, at best, limited benefits, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 28.02.2026
• PBS News: Read Trump’s full statement on Iran attacks, 28.02.2026
• Landay J, Pamuk H, Slattery G: Trump Iranian missile claim unsupported by U.S. intelligence, say sources, Reuters, 27.02.2026
• Bob YJ, Siegal T: Iran could be close to enriching uranium for bomb-making material, US envoy Steve Witkoff claims, The Jerusalem Post, 22.02.2026
• Penley T: Witkoff warns Iran is ‚a week away‘ from ‚bomb-making material‘ as Trump weighs action, Fox News, 22.02.2026
• Azar HN: Reza Phlavi's Emergency Blueprint: A Transition Plan—or a Survival Manual for the Islamic Republic's Power Networks? radio zamaneh, 19.02.2026
• Tagesschau: Iran will offenbar neue Atomgespräche aufnehmen, ARD, 02.02.2026
• Iran Prosperity Project: Emergency Phase Booklet, National Union for Democracy in Iran (NUFDI), February 2026
• Bertrand N et al: Exclusive: early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say, CNN, 25.06.2025 
• ACA: Iran's Nuclear Facilities: Status Updates, Arms control Now Blog, Juni 2025
• Mackintosh T, Yousif N: What we know about US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, BBC, 22.06.2025 
• CNN: IAEA Chief says report on Iran’s nuclear program is ‘not new’, 19.06.2025
• Psaropoulos JT: What is Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility, and could US weapons destroy it? Aljazeera, 19.06.2025
• Megerian C, Klepper D: US spies said Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon. Trump dismisses that assessment, Associated Press, 18.06.2025
• Zhank S: IAEA Head: ‘We did not have any proof’ of Iran building nuclear weapon, Truthout, 18.06.2025
• Wintour P: Is Iran as close to building a nuclear weapon as Netanyahu claims?, Guardian, 13.06.2025
• Kelley RE: Why is Iran producing 60 per cent-enriched uranium? SIPRI Commentary, 29.04.2021   
• ACA: Arms Control and Proliferation Profile: Iran, Arms Control Association, letzte Aktualisierung März 2025
• Gabbard T: Opening Statement as prepared by the Honorable Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, Testimony to Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 25.03.2025
• Nuclear Engineering International: Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant comes online, 05.09.2011 

• Elleman M: Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program, The Iran Primer, United States Institute of Peace, 12.04.2024 (archive today)
• Iran Watch: Table of Iran’s Missile Arsenal, 22.02.2024
• Landay J, Hafezi P: Exclusive: Satellite photos show Iran expanding missile production, Reuters, 09.07.2024
• Nadimi F: The next generation of Iranian ballistic missiles, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 25.07.2023
• Pike J: Iran Missiles, Globalsecurity.org (keine Datumsangabe)

Im Wortlaut:

• Letter from Permanent Representatives of France, Germany and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, S/2019/270, 27.03.2019 (englisch)
• UN-Sicherheitsratsresolution 2231, 20. Jul 2015 (deutsch)

Hintergrundinfos: Der „New START“-Vertrag

• AFP: Putin Proposes One-Year Extension of New START Treaty, Moscow Times, 16.10.2020
• Arms Control Now, China’s Stance on Nuclear Arms Control and New START, Blog, 23.08.2019  
• Associated Press: START treaty: Russia stops sending nuclear arms info to US, Al Jazeera, 30.03.2023  
• Borger J: Russia suspends US inspections of its nuclear weapons arsenal, The Guardian, 09.08.2022
• Bugos S: New START: A timeline of inaction and disingenuous proposals, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 14.12.2020
• Bugos S: Russia Stops Sharing New START Data, Arms Control Now, 11.04.2023
• Congressional Research Service: The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions, CRS Report, 02.02.2022  
• dpa: Biden und Putin offenbar einig. Abrüstungsvertrag wird verlängert. 26.01.2021
• Eckel M: How bad are things between Russia and the U.A.? They can't even agree to discuss nuclear weapons inspections. Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, 02.12.2022
• Gottemoeller R: Getting the most out of New START before it expires, Arms Control Now, Dezember 2025
• Hall X: New START: Arms Control or Arms Racing? IPPNW Peace and Health Blog, 02.10.2020
• Kimball et al: Senior Russian, U.S. Diplomats meet in Prague to discuss arms control, 19.06.2019
• Liang X: Russia proposes one-year New START extension, Arms Control Today, Oktober 2025
• Quinn L: China's Stance on Nuclear Arms Control and New START, Arms Control Now, 23.08.2019
• Reif K, Bugos S: U.S.-Russian Arms Control Working Groups Meet, Arms Control Now, 05.08.2020
• RIA Novosti: Interview des Außenministers der russischen Föderation, Russisches Außenministerium, 09.11.2025
• Richter W: USA und Russland verlängern New Start, SWP-Aktuell, 22.02.2021
• Süddeutsche Zeitung: Putin will Atomgespräche, 13.10.2019
• Tagesschau: Worum es im „New START“-Vertrag geht, ARD, 21.02.2023
• U.S. Department of State: U.S. countermeasures in response to Russia’s violations of the New START Treaty, Fact Sheet, 01.06.2023  
• Williams H: Russia suspends New START and increases nuclear risks, CSIS, 23.02.2023