Lawrence Norman
WSJ, Mar. 3, 2022
“Russia has more than 1,500 warheads deployed on strategic long-range systems and almost 3,000 in reserve,”
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday ordered the country’s nuclear-deterrence forces to be put on alert in a sign of growing tensions with the West over Ukraine.
What kind of nuclear weapons does Russia have?
Russia has more than 1,500 warheads deployed on strategic long-range systems and almost 3,000 in reserve, according to an assessment published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Russia has invested in a variety of ways to employ those warheads, including land-based ballistic missiles that could reach the U.S., submarine-based missiles, and bombs and missiles that could be deployed from aircraft.
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Corrections & Amplifications
Lockheed Martin Corp. makes the F-35 combat jet. An earlier version of the article misspelled the name of the company as Lockhed Martin. (Corrected on March 3)
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