Nuke Numbers

The State Department this morning released a fact sheet listing the United States' and Russia's aggregate number of nuclear weapons as well as intercontinental and submarine-launched ballistic missiles, as required under the follow-on Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

Those numbers are:

Category of Data                                                                USA                               Russia

 

Deployed ICBMs, Deployed SLBMs,                                 882                                521

and Deployed Heavy Bombers

 

Warheads on Deployed ICBMs,                                         1800                                1537

on Deployed SLBMs,

and Nuclear Warheads Counted for

Deployed Heavy Bombers

 

Deployed and Non-deployed Launchers                             1124                               865

of ICBMs, Deployed and Non-deployed

Launchers of SLBMs, and Deployed and

Non-deployed Heavy Bombers

The department also notes:

Data in this Fact Sheet comes from the initial exchange of data required by the Treaty no later than 45 days after entry into force of the Treaty, or March 22, 2011. It contains data declared current as of the February 5, 2011, date of entry into force of the Treaty. Data will be updated each six month period after entry into force of the Treaty.