12:47     25 May 2021    

Russia published a document on Monday listing the number of aggregative strategic offensive arms in its possession and that of the United States under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) as of March 1.

Russia published a document on Monday listing the number of aggregative strategic offensive arms in its possession and that of the United States under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) as of March 1, Baku Tribune reports citing Globaltimes.cn. According to the latest figures provided by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russia possessed 517 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), deployed submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and deployed heavy bombers, while the United States possessed 651. Additionally, the United States had 1,357 warheads on deployed ICBMs and deployed SLBMs, and nuclear warheads counted for deployed heavy bombers, while Russia had 1,456, the ministry said. It added that while Russia possessed 767 deployed and non-deployed launchers of ICBMs and SLBMs, and deployed and non-deployed heavy bombers, the United States had 800. The New START treaty, signed in April 2010 by the two countries, limits the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads to 1,550 and deployed missiles and bombers to 700 for each country. It entered into force on Feb. 5, 2011, and would have expired on Feb. 5, 2021.