year | USSR/Russia | ||||||||||
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warheads | |||||||||||
(WRJ) | (NRDC 2006) | (NRDC 2002) | (NRDC 1994) | (NRDC 1989) | median est. (Wohlstetter) | low est. (Wohlstetter) | high est. (Wohlstetter) | (Wagner) | (Weinberger) | (Ikle/Wohlstetter) | |
1949 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
1950 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
1951 | 35 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | ||||||
1952 | 85 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | ||||||
1953 | 135 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | ||||||
1954 | 200 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | ||||||
1955 | 430 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 140 | 0 | 280 | |||
1956 | 660 | 426 | 426 | 400 | 400 | 450 | 0 | 900 | |||
1957 | 900 | 660 | 660 | 650 | 650 | 795 | 0 | 1,590 | |||
1958 | 1,060 | 869 | 869 | 900 | 900 | 1,332 | 224 | 2,440 | |||
1959 | 1,700 | 1,060 | 1,060 | 1,050 | 1,050 | 2,295 | 1,040 | 3,550 | |||
1960 | 2,470 | 1,605 | 1,605 | 1,700 | 1,700 | 3,115 | 1,710 | 4,520 | 3,430 | ||
1961 | 3,320 | 2,471 | 2,471 | 2,450 | 2,450 | 4,100 | 2,430 | 5,770 | 4,850 | ||
1962 | 4,240 | 3,322 | 3,322 | 3,100 | 3,100 | 5,130 | 3,080 | 7,180 | 6,280 | ||
1963 | 5,220 | 4,238 | 4,238 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 6,500 | 4,030 | 8,970 | 7,710 | ||
1964 | 6,300 | 5,221 | 5,221 | 5,100 | 5,100 | 7,850 | 5,100 | 10,600 | 9,130 | ||
1965 | 7,550 | 6,129 | 6,129 | 6,300 | 6,300 | 9,290 | 6,280 | 12,300 | 8,400 | 4,120 | 10,600 |
1966 | 8,850 | 7,089 | 7,089 | 7,550 | 7,550 | 10,620 | 7,540 | 13,700 | 9,960 | 5,350 | 12,000 |
1967 | 10,000 | 8,339 | 8,339 | 8,850 | 8,850 | 12,170 | 8,840 | 15,500 | 11,500 | 7,000 | 13,400 |
1968 | 11,000 | 9,399 | 9,399 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 13,700 | 10,000 | 17,400 | 13,100 | 8,980 | 14,800 |
1969 | 12,700 | 10,538 | 10,538 | 11,000 | 11,300 | 15,150 | 11,300 | 19,000 | 14,600 | 10,900 | 16,300 |
1970 | 14,500 | 11,643 | 11,643 | 12,700 | 12,500 | 16,650 | 12,500 | 20,800 | 16,200 | 12,700 | 17,700 |
1971 | 16,600 | 13,092 | 13,092 | 14,500 | 13,500 | 17,800 | 13,500 | 22,100 | 17,800 | 14,500 | 19,000 |
1972 | 18,800 | 14,478 | 14,478 | 16,600 | 14,600 | 19,100 | 14,600 | 23,600 | 19,300 | 16,600 | 20,300 |
1973 | 21,100 | 15,915 | 15,915 | 18,800 | 15,800 | 20,600 | 15,800 | 25,400 | 20,900 | 18,800 | 21,600 |
1974 | 23,500 | 17,385 | 17,385 | 21,100 | 16,800 | 21,800 | 16,800 | 26,800 | 22,400 | 21,100 | 22,900 |
1975 | 25,800 | 19,055 | 19,443 | 23,500 | 17,900 | 23,350 | 17,900 | 28,800 | 24,000 | 23,500 | 24,300 |
1976 | 28,400 | 21,205 | 21,205 | 25,800 | 19,100 | 24,800 | 19,100 | 30,500 | 25,600 | 25,800 | 25,500 |
1977 | 31,400 | 23,044 | 23,044 | 28,400 | 20,200 | 26,100 | 20,200 | 32,000 | 27,100 | 28,400 | 26,700 |
1978 | 34,000 | 25,393 | 25,393 | 31,400 | 21,300 | 27,400 | 21,300 | 33,500 | 28,700 | 31,400 | 28,100 |
1979 | 36,300 | 27,935 | 27,935 | 34,000 | 22,500 | 28,750 | 22,500 | 35,000 | 30,300 | 34,000 | 29,400 |
1980 | 38,700 | 30,062 | 30,062 | 36,300 | 23,700 | 30,100 | 23,700 | 36,500 | 31,800 | 36,300 | 30,800 |
1981 | 40,800 | 32,049 | 32,049 | 38,700 | 25,000 | 31,350 | 24,900 | 37,800 | 33,400 | 38,700 | 32,100 |
1982 | 42,600 | 33,952 | 33,952 | 40,800 | 26,000 | 32,850 | 26,300 | 39,400 | 35,000 | 40,800 | 33,500 |
1983 | 43,300 | 35,804 | 35,804 | 42,600 | 27,000 | 42,600 | 34,600 | ||||
1984 | 44,000 | 37,431 | 37,431 | 43,300 | 28,000 | 44,500 | 35,700 | ||||
1985 | 45,000 | 39,197 | 39,197 | 44,000 | 29,000 | 46,100 | 36,800 | ||||
1986 | 43,000 | 45,000 | 40,723 | 45,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
1987 | 41,000 | 43,000 | 38,859 | 44,000 | 31,000 | ||||||
1988 | 39,000 | 41,000 | 37,330 | 42,500 | 33,000 | ||||||
1989 | 37,000 | 39,000 | 35,817 | 40,000 | 32,000 | ||||||
1990 | 35,800 | 37,000 | 33,515 | 38,000 | |||||||
1991 | 34,600 | 35,000 | 29,606 | 35,000 | |||||||
1992 | 33,400 | 33,000 | 26,256 | 33,500 | |||||||
1993 | 32,200 | 31,000 | 22,785 | 32,000 | |||||||
1994 | 31,000 | 29,000 | 19,067 | 29,000 | |||||||
1995 | 29,800 | 27,000 | 15,615 | ||||||||
1996 | 28,600 | 25,000 | 12,722 | ||||||||
1997 | 27,400 | 24,000 | 11,264 | ||||||||
1998 | 26,200 | 23,000 | 10,764 | ||||||||
1999 | 25,000 | 22,000 | 10,451 | ||||||||
2000 | 23,800 | 21,000 | 10,201 | ||||||||
2001 | 22,600 | 20,000 | 9,126 | ||||||||
2002 | 21,400 | 19,000 | 8,579 | ||||||||
2003 | 20,200 | 18,000 | |||||||||
2004 | 19,000 | 18,000 | |||||||||
2005 | 18,000 | 17,000 | |||||||||
2006 | 17,000 | 16,000 | |||||||||
2007 | 16,000 |
© 1995-2003, 2007 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 26 November 2007.
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