US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, signed a landmark nuclear arms treaty in the Czech capital, Prague on Thursday. The treaty commits the former Cold War enemies to each reduce the number of deployed strategic warheads to 1,550 - 30% lower than the previous ceiling. Here is a breakdown of their respective arsenals.
USA
RUSSIA
Intercontinental ballistic missile
Name
No.
Warheads
Name
No.
Warheads
Minuteman*
450
550
SS-18 (Satan)
50
500
SS-19 (Stiletto)
60
360
SS-25 (Sickle)
150
150
SS-27 (Topol)*
71
80
SUBTOTAL
450
550
331
1,090
Submarine-launched ballistic missiles
Name
No.
Warheads
Name
No.
Warheads
Trident
288
1,152
SS-N-18 M1 (Stingray)
64
192
SS-N-23* (Skiff & Sineva)
96
384
SUBTOTAL
288
1,152
144
576
Bombers
Name
No.
Warheads
Name
No.
Warheads
B52 Stratofortress
44
350
Tu-95 (Bear)
62
682
B-2A Spirit*
16
150
Tu-160 (Blackjack)*
13
156
SUBTOTAL
60
500
75
838
Nonstrategic (short-range) forces
Name
No.
Warheads
Name
No.
Warheads
Tomahawk* cruise missile
325
100
53T6 (Gazelle)
68
68
B61 bombs
400
SA-10 (Grumble)*
1,900
630
Bombers/fighters
524
650
Subs/Ships/Air
700
SUBTOTAL
325
500
1,492
2,000
TOTAL
1,123
2,702
2,042
4,600
Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Note: Names in brackets are those used by Nato. Those names with an "*" next to them are pictured. The data for the US relates to 2009. That for Russia, 2010. Photo Credits: Getty, AFP, Airteamimages.com , GlobalSecurity.Org
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