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Table 1
The Russian Strategic Nuclear Arsenal
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Number________Range (km)_____Warheads x yield_______Warheads
ICBMs
SS-18
180
11,000
10 x 550/750 kt (MIRV)
1,800
SS-19
165
10,000
6 x 550 kt (MIRV)
990
SS-24 (silo)
10
10,000
10 x 550 kt (MIRV)
100
SS-24 (rail)
36
10,000
10 x 550 kt (MIRV)
360
SS-25
360
10,500
1 x 550 kt
360
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Total ICBMs
751
3,610
SLBMs
SS-N-18
192
6,500
3 x 500 kt (MIRV)
576
SS-N-20
80
8,300
10 x 200 kt (MIRV)
800
SS-N-23
112
9,000
4 x 100 kt
448
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Total SLBMs
385
1,824
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TOTAL
1,136
5,434
Source: William M. Arkin, Robert S. Norris, and Joshua Handler, Taking Stock: Worldwide Nuclear
Deployments 1998 (Washington: Natural Resources Defense Council, 1998), p. 27.
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Table 2
Chinese Strategic Nuclear Arsenal
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Number________Range (km)____Warheads x yield______Warheads
ICBMs
CSS-4
7
13,000+
1 x 4-5 Mt
7
CSS-?*
0
8,000
1 x 200-300 kt
0
CSS-?*
0
12,000
MIRV
0
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a
Total ICBMs
7
7
SLBMs
CSS-N-3
12
1,500
1 x 200-300 kt
12
CSS-N-4*
0
8,000
1 x 200-300 kt
0
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Total SLBMs
12
12
TOTAL
19
19
Source: Arkin, Norris, and Handler, p. 45.
*Projected. Not currently deployed.
a
Higher estimates of the number of Chinese ICBMs exist. John Schulz estimates that China has 12
to 17 ICBMs. See John J. Schulz, "China as a Strategic Threat: Myths and Verities," Strategic
Review 26, no. 1 (Winter 1998), p. 11. The Military Balance maintains that the Chinese have in
excess of 17 ICBMs. See International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance (Washing-
ton: IISS, 1998), p. 178. The National Defense University estimates China's ICBM force at more than
20 missiles. See National Defense University, 1997 Strategic Assessment: Flashpoints and Force
Structure (Washington: NDU, 1997), pp. 4950.
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