It is not open to discussion that Russia is the country with the most nuclear weapons in the world, followed by the USA and China. But talking about nuclear arsenal what do you have Russia It is always necessary to start from the basics due to the difficulty of creating resonant figures. lack of transparency of the russian government. In any case, famous independent institutes, for example Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) claim to be able to formulate reasonable assessment of the modernization of nuclear Russia through the examination satellite images and official statements, industry publications, and interviews with military officials, among other forms of intelligence.
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this current russian arsenal, according to the prestigious Danish institution. We start with the distinction between nuclear weapons strategicIt is designed to be used for targets that are part of a strategic plan, such as nuclear missile sites, military command centers and major cities. and not strategic -use on the battlefield to support conventional weapons-.
Approximately 4,500 military warheads
Russia as of January 2021, military arsenal about 4,495 nuclear warheads. About 2,585 of these strategic offensive warheadsabout 1,625 of these deployed land and sea ballistic missiles and bomber bases. in Russia approx. 1,910 non-strategic nuclear warheads (tactic) Slight increase from January 2020 forecast. All non-strategic warheads are estimated to be in central storage, and a further 1,760 retired warheads are waiting to be dismantled, giving a total inventory of approximately 6,255 warheads.
Russia abides by the New START Agreement
in 2020 Russia continued to meet the final warhead limits stipulated by 2010 Russian-American agreement about measures for further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive weapons (New START), According to the Swedish institute SIPRI. This agreement limits the number of strategic nuclear forces deployed by Russia and the United States.
strategic nuclear forces
In January 2021, Russia had 2,585 warheads allocated for potential use by strategic launchers: long range bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) land based Y submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM). This figure represents an increase of approximately 145 warheads compared to January 2020.
air-launched nuclear weapons
Regarding aircraft and air-launched weapons, Russian Long Range Aviation Command operates a fleet of approximately 13 Tu-160 (Blackjack) and 55 Tu-95MS (Bear) bombers. The maximum possible payload on bombers is almost 740 nuclear weapons, but the number of allocated weapons is estimated to be around 580 lower, as only a fraction of the bombers are fully operational. SIPRI believes that about 200 of these can be deployed and stored in two strategic bomber bases: English in the province Saratov Y Ukraine inside amur
Land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles
In January 2021, Russian Strategic Rocket Forces (SRF) – The controlling arm of the armed forces intercontinental ballistic missiles– There were 11 missile divisions divided into 3 Armies, which deployed an estimated number of 310 ICBMs of different types. These missiles are
The maximum is about 1,189 warheads, but SIPRI estimates they are evacuating Russia to carry around 800 warheads to keep them below the New START limit for deployed strategic warheads. These warheads make up about half of the 1,625 strategic warheads deployed by Russia. Russian intercontinental ballistic missile power is full modernization process replacing all Soviet-era missiles with new types.
sea-based nuclear missiles
In January 2021, Russian Navy there was one Fleet of 11 nuclear ballistic submarines (SSBN), for the English abbreviation). Can be equipped with any SSBN 16 ballistic missiles and the Russian fleet could carry a total of 816 warheads. This
The warhead load of some missiles may have been reduced to meet the total warhead limit. new beginning. As a result, it is estimated that only 624 out of 816 warheads were deployed.
The Russian Navy is also developing Poseidon or Condition-6 (Canyon)a long range strategic torpedo of the nuclear propulsion. The torpedo is designed to be deployed on two new types of special-use submarines in the future.
non-strategic nuclear weapons
In January 2021, Russia there were some 1,910 warheads assigned to the currency potential use of non-strategic forcesA slight increase in about 35 warheads from the beginning of 2020. Russia’s non-strategic nuclear weapons – most of them are dual-capable, meaning they can also be armed with conventional warheads – are designed for use by ships and submarines, aircraft. air and missile defense systems and Army missiles.