Moscow is the first in the world in the nuclear race. What weapons do you have?

For the first time in the history of nuclear missile weapons, Russia outperforms its competitors in this area, a Russian website reported, citing some of the weapons Moscow possesses.

The Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Nikolai Patrushev, said that Russia has become superior to its competitors in the field of nuclear weapons, as it has unique strategic weapons, including hypersonic weapons, ensuring security for Russia for decades to come.

Russian strategic nuclear weapons consist of long-range missiles that can be launched from the ground, from a ship or submarine, or from a mobile complex or bomber, including Yaris, Satan, Sarmat, Topol-M, Avangard, Dager, Seneva, Liner, Bulava, Poseidon and Zircon, and Russian tactical nuclear weapons include Tulip, Iskander, Giasant and Malka.

Russia and America

Russia and the United States together possess about 90% of all nuclear weapons in the world, with the global stockpile of nuclear warheads reaching 12512,5889 units, of which 5244,350 are in the Russian Federation and 410,<> in the United States, and China comes in third place in terms of nuclear potential, increasing the number of nuclear warheads from <> to <> units.

According to an article published by Hans Christensen and Matt Korda, experts at the American Federation of Scientists, statistics indicate that the US Air Force has 400 Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missiles, each with a single charge of 300 or 335 kilotons, and these missiles are on combat mission at the bases of Mino (North Dakota), Malmstrom (Montana) and Francis Warren (Wyoming).

storage

The U.S. Air Force has 200 tactical shipments ranging from 0.3 to 50 kilotons of Bi-61-3 and B-61-4 bombs, 100 of which are stored at 6 bases in 5 NATO countries — Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey — and the rest in the United States, and about 300 additional 5 to 150 kiloton warheads are scheduled to be delivered to targets by B-2A (20 aircraft) and B-52H (87 aircraft) strategic bombers.

Experts add that the U.S. Navy has 14 Ohio-class strategic submarines carrying up to 20 Trident-2 ballistic missiles: 8 of them are for operations in the Pacific Ocean, 6 in the Atlantic, while 8 to 10 submarines patrol the sea constantly.