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    FACT CHECK: Is The Nuclear Arsenal 'Stronger Than Ever'?

    President Trump is in a war of words with North Korea and boasted American strategic power. It's still highly potent — but a shadow of its former self.
    by Philip Ewing Aug 09, 2017 2 minutes
    A man watches a television news program showing President Trump at a railway station in Seoul on Wednesday. Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday that it faces "fire and fury" over its missile program. / JUNG YEON-JE / Getty Images

    America's vast arsenal of nuclear weapons — delivered via bombers and intercontinental missiles launched from land or sea — didn't disappear after the end of the Cold War.

    It's still very much around, unimaginably powerful and ready for use at a moment's notice. The question President Trump raised on Wednesday is how it compares today to what the Air Force and Navy have deployed

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