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New START Treaty Aggregate Numbers of Strategic Offensive Arms


Fact Sheet
Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance
July 1, 2015

   
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(Data in this Fact Sheet comes from the biannual exchange of data required by the Treaty. It contains data declared current as of March 1, 2015. Data will be updated each six month period after entry into force of the Treaty.)[1]


Category of Data

United States of America

Russian Federation

Deployed ICBMs, Deployed SLBMs, and Deployed Heavy Bombers

785

515

Warheads on Deployed ICBMs, on Deployed SLBMs, and Nuclear Warheads Counted for Deployed Heavy Bombers

1597

1582

Deployed and Non-deployed Launchers of ICBMs, Deployed and Non-deployed Launchers of SLBMs, and Deployed and Non-deployed Heavy Bombers

898

890


United States of America Data

Effective Date: March 1, 2015

ICBMs and ICBM Launchers

MM-III

Total

Deployed ICBMs

449

449

Non-deployed ICBMs

246

246

Deployed and Non-deployed Launchers of ICBMs

454

454

Deployed Launchers of ICBMs

449

449

Non-deployed Launchers of ICBMs

5

5

Test Launchers

4

4


SLBMs and SLBM Launchers

Trident II

Total

Deployed SLBMs

248

248

Non-deployed SLBMs

160

160

Deployed and Non-deployed Launchers of SLBMs

336

336

Deployed Launchers of SLBMs

248

248

Non-deployed Launchers of SLBMs

88

88

Test Launchers

0

0


Heavy Bombers

B-2A

B-52H

Total

Deployed Heavy Bombers

12

76

88

Non-deployed Heavy Bombers

8

12

20

Test Heavy Bombers

1

3

4

Heavy Bombers Equipped for Non-nuclear Armaments

0

0

0

 



[1] The complete unclassified data for the United States is available upon request from the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC. Please contact Blake Narendra at NarendraBM@state.gov.



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