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	For details on individual nations, click on the name of the country for viewing in a separate window.								Updated: June 1, 2018
Country	Military subtotals	Operational			Non-operational stockpile			Retired or waiting for disassembly	Total no. in possession
	Total operational and non-operational stockpiles
	Ground-based (ICBMs, etc.)(A+a) Sea-based (SLBM, etc.)(B+b) Air-launched systems (Bombers, etc.)(Ｃ+ｃ)	Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)(A)	Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)(B)	Air-launched systems (Bombers, etc.)(C)	Ground-based (ICBMs, etc.)(a)	Sea-based (SLBM, etc.)(b)	Air-launched systems (Bombers, etc.)(c)
Russia (Updated: June 1, 2018)	4,3504,300 Ground-based (ICBMs, etc.) : 1,658 Sea-based (SLBM, etc.) : 1,588 Air-launched systems (Bombers, etc.) : 1,100							~2,500~2,700	~6,850~7,000
		1,6121,916			2,7342,388
		8041,076	608640	200	854530	980888	900970
	Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) （New START） number of nuclear warheads subjected to the treaty （As of February 5, 2018）	1,4441,765			※The treaty requires the United States and Russia to limit the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads to no more than 1,550. Both states met the limit by February 2018 deadline. However, New START counts warheads differently; only one warhead is counted per every bomber. Since this table includes 150 warheads for non-strategic nuclear weapons in the 1,750 total no. of operational warheads for the U.S., a simple comparison cannot be made.
US (Updated: June 1, 2018)		1,3931,411
	3,8004,000 Ground-based (ICBMs, etc.) : 800 Sea-based (SLBM, etc.) : 1,820 Air-launched systems (Bombers, etc.) : 1,180							~2,650~2,800	~6,450~6,800
		1,7501,800			2,0502,200
		400	900950	450	400	920710	7301090
France (Updated: June 1, 2018)	290 Sea-based (SLBM, etc.) : 240 Air-launched systems (Bombers, etc.) : 50							~10	300
		280			~10
		0	240	40	0	0	~10
China (Updated: June 1, 2018)	240 Ground-based (ICBMs, etc.) : 173 Sea-based (SLBM, etc.) : 48 Air-launched systems (Bombers, etc.) : 20							30	270
		0			240
					173	48	20
UK (Updated: June 1, 2018)	215 Sea-based (SLBM, etc.) : 215							0	215
		120			95
		0	120	0	0	95	0
Israel (Updated: June 1, 2017)	80 Ground-based (ICBMs, etc.) : 50 Air-launched systems (Bombers, etc.) : 30							0	80
		0			80
					50	0	30
Pakistan (Updated: June 1, 2018)	~140 Ground-based (ICBMs, etc.) : 104 Air-launched systems (Bombers, etc.) : 36							0	~140
		0			~140
					~104	0	~36
India (Updated: June 1, 2018)	120–130110–120 Ground-based (ICBMs, etc.) : 68 Sea-based (SLBM, etc.) : 2–14 Air-launched systems (Bombers, etc.) : 48							0	120–130110–120
		0			120–130110–120
					~68~56	2–14	~48
North Korea (Updated: June 1, 2018)	10–20<20 Ground-based (ICBMs, etc.) : ? Sea-based (SLBM, etc.) : ?							0	10–20<20
		0			10–20<20
					?	?	0

Total	~9,260~9,400							~5,190~5,500	~14,450~14,900
		~3,760~4,120			~5,500~5,280
Since figures are rounded, some totals may differ from the actual total.
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