[pfflier]

1,000 Total nukes of all kinds, tactical nukes or Strategic nukes?? That defines the threat.

For example, the remaining US Minuteman fleet has 400 strategic nukes (was closer to 2,000 when I worked them). The USAF also maintains air deliverable warheads. The navy has nuclear torpedoes, SLBMs with 10 warheads each, and had nuclear depth charges. The army had tactical missile nukes, demolition nukes and nuke landmines.

They all pose different threats but are broad-brushed as nuclear weapons. The ICBM and SLBM nukes are capable of devastating the continental US.

Tactical nukes are for theater level or special application warfare, say against Taiwan or Japan.

[BenLurkin]

There’s also this...

China Is Building 300 Missile Silos Possibly For Nuclear Weapons
https://interestingengineering.com/china-is-building-300-missile-silos-possibly-for-nuclear-weapons