Data published on Russian, US strategic offensive arms

MOSCOW: Russia has published a document listing the number of aggregative strategic offensive arms in its possession and that of the US under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) as of March 1.

According to the latest figures provided by the Foreign Ministry here on Monday, Russia possessed 517 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), deployed submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and deployed heavy bombers, while the US possessed 651.

Additionally, the US 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 US had 800. IANS

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