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Pasted from Federation of American Scientists:  http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/index.html

 

Whose Got What?

 

Status of Nuclear Powers and Their Nuclear Capabilities
data as of 01 January 1999

 

US

Russia

United Kingdom

France

China

Israel

India

Pakistan

Weapons

Stockpile

12,000

21,000

200

+500

+500

200

+50

~25

Deliverable

6,750

5,426

200

444

~325

200

-50

-25

ICBM

Number

500

756

 

 

20

 

 

 

Warheads

2,000

3,590

 

 

20

 

 

 

Type

MM II  :   0
MM III: 500
MX PK : 50

SS-18: 180
SS-19: 160
SS-24:   46
SS-25: 360
SS-27:   10

 

 

DF-5 : 20

 

 

 

IRBM, MRBM

Number

 

 

 

 

130

100

0

 

Warheads

 

 

 

 

130

100

0

 

Type

 

 

 

 

DF-3  : 50
DF-4  : 30
DF-21: 50

Jericho 1 : 50
Jericho 2 : 50

Agni

 

SLBM

Number

432

260

58

64

12

 

 

 

Warheads

3,456

1,036

~200

384

12

 

 

 

Type

Trident-1: 192
Trident-2: 240

SSN-  8: 152
SSN-18: 176
SSN-20:   20
SSN-23:   64

Trident-2: 58

M-4  : 48
M-45: 16

JL-1 : 12

 

 

 

SSBN

Ohio : 18

Delta I:       [12]
Delta III: 11 [13]
Delta IV : 4 [  7]
Typhoon: 1 [  6]

Vanguard : 3

Inflexible     : 3 Triomphant : 1

Xia-SSBN : 1

 

 

 

Strategic Bombers

Number

138

69

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weapons

~1,300

800

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

B-2  : 12
B-1B: 70
B-52: 56

Tu-95H6  : 28
Tu-95H16: 35
Tu-160    :   6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theater Bombers

Number

 

 

 

60

170

-

-

-

Weapons

 

 

 

60

170

100

50

25

Type

 

 

 

M 2000N   : 60
S Etendard  0

H-5 :  20
H-6 : 120
Q-5 :  30

F-4
F-16

Jaguar
MiG-27

F-16

Sources and Methods

North Korea is believed to have about two nuclear weapons, and a variety of potential delivery systems, including perhaps 10 Nodong-1 medium range missiles of uncertain reliability.

Under the START-1 agreement, all nuclear warheads of the former Soviet Union were withdrawn to Russia. The SS-19 and SS-24 ICBMs and BLACKJACK and BEAR H Heavy Bombers to be eliminated remain in Ukraine. The SS-18 ICBMs and BEAR H Heavy Bombers in Kazakhstan were returned to Russia, as were SS-25 mobile ICBMs in Belarus.

Traditionally this type of data display would largely recapitulate American and Russian forces accountable under the then-prevailing strategic arms control agreement. This method was never entirely satisfactory, given the inevitable discrepancies between arms control counting rules and actual force deployments, but in the past it provided a useful indicator of static force postures. In recent years, however, the discrepancies between START-accountable forces and the forces actually available to American and Russian commanders have become so profound as to render a rehearsal of the START-accountable numbers rather uninteresting.

Russian bomber and ICBM numbers are according to the 01 January 1999 START data exchange, which includes all START-accountable treaty-limited items, regardless of their present operational status. Actually available Russian forces are almost certainly rather smaller than displayed here, given low maintenance rates due to financial constraints. Under the START-1 counting rules, some non-deployed Russian forces remain treaty-accountable due to incomplete deactivation, including all the SS-N-8 missiles on Delta-I submarines, two of the remaining 13 Delta-IIIs [one of which has been stricken but not dismantled, the other of which is undergoing a protracted conversion to support special operations], as well as three of the six Typhoon class submarines. The figures for Russian SLBM/SSBN forces displayed here include only actual operational nuclear delivery systems, and ignore these artifacts of the START counting rules. Evidently only one Typhoon SSBN is currently in service, of the seven extant Delta-IVs one has remained in overhaul since 1993 and two others are reportedly unfit for service.

US bomber and ICBM numbers are for Primary Aircraft Inventory [PAI], which excludes backup and attrition reserve aircraft as well as aircraft in depot maintenance and units no longer on alert but not completely dismantled according to START dismatlement rules. Total inventory counts, as well as START-accountable numbers, will be higher than the PAI figures given here. American B-1B bombers remain START-accountable, even though they are currently restricted to non-nuclear conventional missions. The figures for US bomber forces displayed here include only actual operational nuclear delivery systems, and ignore these artifacts of the START counting rules.

01 Jan 1999

PAI

START

B-52

56

204

B-1

70

91

B-2

12

20

MM-2

0

1

MM-3

500

650

 

 

 

 

Nuclear Warhead Stockpiles

The five acknowledged nuclear powers possess about 31,000 nuclear warheads.

Country

1945

1955

1965

1975

1985

1995

2000

United States

2

2,280

32,400

28,100

23,500

14,000

10,500

Russia/USSR

0

200

6,300

23,500

44,000

28,000

20,000

United Kingdom

0

10

310

350

300

300

185

France

0

0

32

188

359

500

450

China

0

0

5

185

426

400

450

Totals

2

2,490

39,047

52,323

68,585

43,200

31,535

Sources: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and National Resources Defense Council

 

 

Nuclear Test Sites

From 1945 until 1998, there have been over 2,000 nuclear tests conducted worldwide.

 

Nuclear Testing Locations

From 1945 until 1998, there have been over 2,000 nuclear tests conducted worldwide.

Location

Number of Tests

Nevada

935

Kazakhstan

496

Russia

214

Mururoa Atoll

175

Enewetak

43

China (Lop Nor)

41

Christmas Island

30

Bikini

23

Algeria

17

Johnston Island

12

Australia

12

Fangataufa Atoll

12

India

4

Pacific Ocean

4

Malden Island

3

South Atlantic Ocean

3

Alaska

3

New Mexico

3

Pakistan

2

Mississippi

2

Colorado

2

Ukraine

2

Uzbekistan

2

Turkmenistan

1

Total

2,051

Source: National Resources Defense Council

 

 

Total Nuclear Testing Yields

From 1945 until 1998, there have been over 2,000 nuclear tests conducted worldwide.

Country

Atmospheric

Underground

Total Yields

China

21.9

1.5

23.4

France

10.0

4.0

14.0

India

-

0.014-0.017

0.014-0.017

Pakistan

-

0.014-0.017

0.014-0.017

Russia/USSR

247.0

38.0

285.0

United Kingdom

8.0

0.9

8.9

United States

141.0

38.0

179.0

(in megatons)

427.9

~82.428

~510.328

Source: National Resources Defense Council

 

 

 

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