Strategic Nuclear Forces of the World, March 2008
Part 6: Summary Data
under construction
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 19 April 2008
These tables summarize world strategic and theater nuclear forces. In addition to forces traditionally classified as strategic, information on theater nuclear forces (range in excess of 500 km) are included, since many of these forces are (or could be) assigned strategic missions (in contrast to tactical, or battlefield, missions). Numbers of deployed systems are given for January 1992 (end of the Cold War), January 2000, March 2008 (present), and December 2012 (approximate culmination of START retirements).
These pages are under construction. Please refer to the Introduction for further details, explanation of table and abbreviations, and sources.
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United States: strategic warheads
| Jan 1992 | Jan 2000 | Mar 2008 | Dec 2012 |
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| ICBMs | 2450 | 2000 | 900 | 500 |
| SLBMs | 5440 | 3264 | 2016 | 1344 |
| bombers | 3205 | 1116 | 640 | 720 |
| total | 11095 | 6380 | 3556 | 2564 |
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United States: strategic megatonnage
| Jan 1992 | Jan 2000 | Mar 2008 | Dec 2012 |
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| ICBMs | 1094 | 554 | 292 | 161 |
| SLBMs | 598 | 470 | 346 | 278 |
| bombers | 1540 | 327 | 246 | 308 |
| total | 3232 | 1351 | 884 | 747 |
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Russia: strategic warheads
| Jan 1992 | Jan 2000 | Mar 2008 | Dec 2012 |
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| ICBMs | 6774 | 3445 | 1535 | 1287 |
| SLBMs | 2780 | 1624 | 1480 | 1056 |
| bombers | 1166 | 776 | 884 | 884 |
| total | 10720 | 5845 | 3899 | 3227 |
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Russia: strategic megatonnage
| Jan 1992 | Jan 2000 | Mar 2008 | Dec 2012 |
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| ICBMs | 4021 | 2162 | 1088 | 826 |
| SLBMs | 1030 | 498 | 315 | 258 |
| bombers | 494 | 194 | 221 | 221 |
| total | 5545 | 2854 | 1624 | 1305 |
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All nations: strategic and theater warheads
| Jan 1992 | Jan 2000 | Mar 2008 | Dec 2012 |
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| UK | 200 | 156 | 156 | 156 |
| France | 482 | 454 | 454 | 444 |
| PRC | 246 | 273 | 313 | 438 |
| Israel | 90 | 135 | 160 | |
| India | 10 | 15 | 30 | |
| Pakistan | 5 | 15 | 30 | |
| North Korea | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| total | 1033 | 1050 | 1150 | |
| USA | 11605 | 6820 | 3886 | 2894 |
| Russia | 11412 | 6185 | 4211 | 3507 |
| total, all | 24050 | 14055 | 9247 | |
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All nations: strategic megatonnage
| Jan 1992 | Jan 2000 | Mar 2008 | Dec 2012 |
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| UK | 26.7 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
| France | 103 | 70.9 | 63.2 | 60.2 |
| PRC | 681 | 702 | 712 | 635 |
| Israel | 9.2 | 15.7 | 19.3 | |
| India | 0.4 | 0.5 | 3.8 | |
| Pakistan | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | |
| North Korea | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| total | 821 | 804 | 814 | |
| USA | 3285 | 1394 | 916 | 779 |
| Russia | 5727 | 2939 | 1702 | 1375 |
| total, all | 9833 | 5137 | 3432 | |
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© 2000-2006, 2008 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 19 April 2008.
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