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Status of Nuclear Weapons States and Their Nuclear Capabilities
(Data as of March 2008) |
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Total
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Weapons
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Stockpile
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5,400
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14,000
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~185
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348+
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~240
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~80
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~50
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~60
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<10 font="">
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~20,373 | |||||||
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Operational
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4,075
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5,192
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<160 font="">
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348
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~193
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?
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?
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?
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?
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~9,968 | ||||||||
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ICBM
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Number
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488
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430
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-
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- |
26
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-
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-
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-
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-
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~944 | |||||||
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Warheads
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764
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1,605
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-
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26
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-
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-
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-
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?
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~2,395 | ||||||||
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Type
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MM II : MM III: MX PK: |
0 488 0 |
SS-18: SS-19: SS-24: SS-25: SS-27: SS-27M: |
75 100 0 201 48 6 |
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DF-5A:
DF-31A: |
20 ~6c |
-
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-
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-
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TD-2: 0
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SRBM,
IRBM, MRBM |
Number
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-
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-
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-
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-
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~100
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50
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<58 font="">
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<150 font="">
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- | <350 font=""> | |||||||
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Warheads
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-
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-
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-
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- |
~100
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~50
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~10
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~35
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?
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~195 | ||||||||
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Type
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DF-3A: DF-4: DF-21: DF-31: |
17 17 55 ~6c |
Jericho 1: Jericho 2: Jericho 3: |
0 ~50 0 |
Privith I: Agni I: Agni II: Agni III: Agni IV: Danush: |
<50 font=""> ~10 0 0 0 0 |
Hatf-3: Hatf-4: Hatf-5: Hatf-6: |
<50 br=""> <50 br=""> <50 br=""> 0 |
TD-1: 0
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SLBM
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Number
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288
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176
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48
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48
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(12)
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-
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-
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-
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~572 | ||||||||
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Warheads
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1,728
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624
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<144 font="">
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288
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(12)
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-
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-
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-
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~2,796 | |||||||||
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Type
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0 1,728 |
0 80 0 64 32 0 |
Trident-II: 48
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0 48 0 |
0 0d |
-
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K-15:
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0 |
-
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SSBN
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Ohio:
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14 | 0 5b 6 (2)b 0b |
Vanguard :
4
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Redoutable: Triomphant: |
1 3 |
Xia
(Type 092):
Jin (Type 094): |
(1)d (2)d |
-
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(ATV: 0) |
-
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Strategic Bombers
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Number
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115
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79
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-
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-
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~100
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-
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-
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-
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~294 | ||||||||
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Warheads
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1,083
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884
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-
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-
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Bombs DH-10 LACM |
~20 ~15e |
-
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-
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-
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~2,002 | ||||||||
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Type
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21 (65)a 94 |
32 32 15 |
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H-6: | 20e |
-
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-
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-
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Theater Weapons
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Number
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325
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-
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-
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-
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?
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-
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-
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-
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Warheads
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500
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2,079
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-
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ASMP
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60 | Bombs | ~20 |
~30
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Bombs
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~40 |
~25
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?
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~2,754 | |||||
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Type
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B61-3/4 bombs: Tomahawk SLCM:
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n/a 325 |
100 633 648 698 |
- |
M 2000N: S Etendard: |
60 24 |
H-5: Q-5 / others? |
0 ?e |
F-15I ? F-16 |
Jaguar M 2000H |
Babur LACM: F-16 |
0 | Fighter-bombers? | |||||
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ABM:
Anti-Ballistic Missile; ALCM: Air-Launched Cruise Missile; DF: Dong Feng; ICBM:
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile; IRBM: Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile;
JL: Julang; LACM: Land-Attack Cruise Missile; MRBM: Medium-Range Ballistic
Missile; SLBM: Sea-Launched Ballistic Missile; SLCM: Sea-Launched Cruise
Missile; SRBM: Short-Range Ballistic Missile; SSBN: Nuclear-Powered Ballistic
Missile Submarine; TD: Taepo Dong.
a The B-1B bomber is no longer nuclear. It was officially
removed from the SIOP in 1997, but retained in a Nuclear Rerole Plan until March 2003, when the Office of the Secretary of
Defense directed the Air Force to discontinue the plan. The B-1B is no longer
nuclear-capable. b The first Borey-class SSBN was launched in 2006 and might be entering operations in 2008 with the Bulava SLBM. A total of six Borey SSBNs are planned. Delta IVs are being upgraded to the modified SS-N-23 (Sineva). All but three of the original six Typhoon-class SSBNs have been retired. One has been converted to test launch platform for the SS-N-30 (Bulava) SLCM. The Borey will probably replaced Delta IIIs on a one-for-one basis. c The Pentagon declared in May 2007 that the DF-31 had achieved "initial threat capability" in 2006. d The first Jin-class (Type 094) was launched in 2004 and first spotted with commercial satellite images in July 2007. A second Jin-class SSBN has been launched and a third appears to be under construction. U.S. naval intelligence has projected that China might build five SSBNs if it wants to have a more permanent sea-based deterrent, and the DOD 2008 DOD report in March 2008 that Chinese forces by 2010 might include "up to five" Jin-class SSBNs. e The DOD reported in 2008 that 50-250 DH-10 have been deployed in air- and ground-based versions. Only a portion of the H-6 force, perhaps 30 aircraft, are estimated to have secondary nuclear mission. The H-6 is being modified to carry the DH-10. The Q-5 may no longer be nuclear-capable. There is no reliable information that newer tactical aircraft have been assigned nuclear role. |
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Sources and Methods
- Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
- World Nuclear Forces, SIPRI Yearbook.
- Status of World Nuclear Forces, FAS Nuclear Information Project.
- Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat, U.S. Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center.
- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I)
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