Strategic Nuclear Forces of the World, January 2006
Part 6: Summary Data
under construction
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 5 February 2006
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, January 2006 (present), and January 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 | Jan 2006 | Jan 2012 |
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| ICBMs | 2450 | 2000 | 1050 | 800 |
| SLBMs | 5440 | 3264 | 2016 | |
| bombers | 3205 | 1116 | 1056 | |
| total | 11095 | 6380 | 4122 | |
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United States: strategic megatonnage
| Jan 1992 | Jan 2000 | Jan 2006 | Jan 2012 |
|---|
| ICBMs | 1094 | 554 | 302 | 261 |
| SLBMs | 598 | 470 | 346 | |
| bombers | 1540 | 327 | 318 | |
| total | 3232 | 1351 | 966 | |
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Russia: strategic warheads
| Jan 1992 | Jan 2000 | Jan 2006 | Jan 2012 |
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| ICBMs | 6774 | 3445 | 1791 | |
| SLBMs | 2780 | 1624 | 1560 | |
| bombers | 1166 | 776 | 876 | |
| total | 10720 | 5845 | 4227 | |
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Russia: strategic megatonnage
| Jan 1992 | Jan 2000 | Jan 2006 | Jan 2012 |
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| ICBMs | 4021 | 2162 | 1252 | |
| SLBMs | 1030 | 498 | 338 | |
| bombers | 494 | 194 | 222 | |
| total | 5544 | 2853 | 1812 | |
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All nations: strategic and theater warheads
| Jan 1992 | Jan 2000 | Jan 2006 | Jan 2012 |
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| UK | 200 | 156 | 156 | 156 |
| France | 482 | 454 | 454 | 444 |
| PRC | 246 | 258 | 268 | |
| Israel | 90 | 135 | 160 | |
| India | 10 | 15 | 30 | |
| Pakistan | 5 | 15 | 30 | |
| North Korea | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| total | 1033 | 1035 | 1105 | |
| USA | 11605 | 6820 | 4562 | |
| Russia | 11412 | 6185 | 4567 | |
| total, all | 24050 | 14040 | 10234 | |
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All nations: strategic megatonnage
| Jan 1992 | Jan 2000 | Jan 2006 | Jan 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 | 702 | |
| 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 | 804 | |
| USA | 3284 | 1395 | 1010 | |
| Russia | 6176 | 3133 | 2092 | |
| total, all | 10281 | 5332 | 3906 | |
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© 2000-2005, 2006 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 5 February 2006.
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