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Status of Nuclear Weapons States and Their Nuclear Capabilities
(Data as of March 2008)

United States

Russia

United Kingdom

China

Israel

North
Korea

Total

Weapons

Stockpile

5,400

14,000

~185
348+

~240

~100

~60-70

~60

<10
 ~20,400

Deliverable

4,075

5,569

<160
348

~193

~80

~60

~60

?
 ~10,540

ICBM

Number

488

453

 

26

~970

Warheads

764

1,743

 

26

?
 ~2,530

Type

MM II  :
MM III:
MX PK:

 0
488
0

SS-18:
SS-19:
SS-24:
SS-25:
SS-27:
SS-27M:

 75
123
0
201
48
6

 

DF-5A:
DF-31A:

20
6c

TD-2: 0

  

SRBM,
IRBM, MRBM

Number

 

~100

50

<58

<150

   <350

Warheads

 

~100

~50

~20

~35
?
 ~200
Type
 
 
 
 
 DF-3A:
DF-4:
DF-21:
DF-31:		 17
17
60
6c		 Jericho 1:
Jericho 2:
Jericho 3:		 0
~50
0		 Privith I:
Agni I:
Agni II:
Agni III:
Agni IV:
Danush:		 <50
~8
0
0
0
0

Hatf-3:
Hatf-4:
Hatf-5:
Hatf-6:

 <50
<50
<50
0

TD-1: 0
 

  

SLBM

Number

288

176

50
48

(12)

  ~570

Warheads

1,728

624

<144
288

(12)

  ~2,796
Type
 0
1,728		 0
80
0
80
16
0
M-4:
M-45:
M-51:
 0
48
0		 (12)d
(24)d

K-15:

 0

   
SSBN
 14 0
5b
6
(2)b
0b		 Redoutable:
Triomphant:		 1
3
Xia (Type 092):
Jin (Type 094):
 (1)d
(2)d

(ATV: 0)

   

Strategic Bombers

Number

114

78

~100

  ~192

Warheads

1,083

872

Bombs
DH-10 LACM 		~20
~15e

  ~1,990
Type
 20/16
(65)a
94/56		 32
32
14
 
 
 H-6: ~100/30e

   

Theater Weapons

Number

-

-

-
?

-

-

-

-  

Warheads

500

2,330

ASMP

60 Bombs ~20

~30

Bombs

 ~40

~25
?
 ~3,000
Type
B61-3/4 bombs: Tomahawk SLCM:

400
100
ABM:
SA-10 SAM: Aircraft:
Naval:
 100
600
~974
~656
 
 M 2000N:
S Etendard:		 60
10		 H-5:
Q-5 / others?
0
?e		 F-15I ?
F-16		 Jaguar
M 2000H		 Babur LACM:
F-16		 0 Fighter-bombers?  
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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