In January 2009 the Russian strategic forces included 634 strategic delivery platforms, which can carry up to 2825 nuclear warheads.

The Strategic Rocket Forces have 385 operational missile systems that include missiles that can carry 1357 warheads. These include 68 R-36MUTTH and R-36M2 (SS-18) missiles, 72 UR-100NUTTH (SS-19) missiles, 180 road-mobile Topol (SS-25) systems, 50 silo-based and 15 road-mobile Topol-M (SS-27) systems.

The Russian strategic fleet includes 13 strategic missile submarines, whose missiles can carry 612 nuclear warheads. Bases of the Northern Fleet host six 667BDRM (Delta IV) operational submarines, which carry 96 R-29RM (SS-N-23) launchers. The only remaining Pacific Fleet base hosts five 667BDR (Delta III) submarines, which carry 76 R-29R (SS-N-18) missiles. The Russian strategic aviation consists of 77 bombers that can carry up to 856 long-range cruise missiles. The bombers are 14 Tu-160 (Blackjack) and 63 Tu-95MS (Bear H). The bombers can carry various modifications of the Kh-55 (AS-15) cruise missile and gravity bombs. As of January 2008, the space-based tier of the early warning system includes five satellites that appear operational -- three on highly elliptical orbits and two on geostationary orbit. The constellation cannot maintain 24-hour coverage of the U.S. territory, but may provide some coverage of SLBM launches from North Atlantic.