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total inventory, 5,830 warheads are estimated to be in operational status and another 10,170
warheads have an operational status which is unknown.
Of the 5,830 warheads which are in operation status, 3,500 are deployed in strategic
weapons and 2,330 are deployed in non-strategic weapons. The mix of strategic warheads are
employed in the following weapons systems which include: 1,959 warheads employed in
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs); 672 warheads employed in Submarine-Launch
Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs); and 872 warheads employed in an unknown mix of Air-Launched
Cruise Missiles (ACLMs), bombs, and Short-Range Attack Missiles (SRAMs) which would be
deployed from Russia's fleet of 78 strategic bombers. A further breakdown of the strategic
weapons inventory can be seen in Table19-1.
Table 19-1
Russia's Operational Strategic Weapons Inventory
Type
Name
Year Deployed
No. Missiles
Warheads
Total Warheads
ICBMs
SS-18
Satan
1979
85
10
850
SS-19
Stiletto
1980
129
6
774
SS-25
Sickle
1985
291
1
291
SS-27
Topol-M
1997
44
1
44
SS-X-27
Topol-M1
2006?
N/A
1
0
Total
1,959
SLBMs
Name
Year Deployed
No. Missiles
Warheads
Total Warheads
SS-N-18 M1
Stingray
1978
96
3
288
SS-N-23
Skiff
1986
96
4
384
SS-NX-30
Bulava
2007/08?
0
Total
672
Bombers
Name
Year Deployed
No. Bombers
Warheads
Total Warheads
Tu-95 MS6
Bear H6
1984
32
6
192
Tu-95 MS16
Bear H16
1984
32
16
512
Tu-160
Blackjack
1987
14
12
168
Total
872
Grand Total
3,503
Source: Robert S. Norris and Hans M. Kristensen, “Russian nuclear forces, 2006,” Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientists, March/April 2006, pp. 64-67 (vol. 62, no. 02).
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