According to the most recent START Treaty exchange data, on January 1, 2007 Russia had 741 strategic delivery platforms that could carry up to 3281 nuclear warheads. The most significant development of the 2006 was deployment of three mobile Topol-M/SS-27 missiles. Russia also continued gradual decommissioning of older missiles – R-38MUTTH/SS-18, UR-100NUTTH/SS-19, and Topol/SS-25.
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May you specify how many Topol, R-36 and UR-100 have been liquidated the last year?
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There are minor errors in your information on the Strategic Fleet:
1. The Dolgoruky has not been launched, but rather moved to drydock, where it awaits launch. Sea trials are meant to commence in October this year.
2. The Delta III SSBN Ryazan' has been decommissioned, it no longer flies the naval ensign.
3. Unless one of the Delta IV's is being decomissioned, there are 96, not 90 SS-N-23 missiles in the inventory.
There were 252 Topols (now 243), 80 R-36MUTTH (76), and 126 UR-100NUTTH (123). It's a slow process.
On the navy, it's always good to have more information. I'll update the information on Yuri Dolgorukiy. As I understand, Ryazan is one of the Delta IIIs that have been decommissioned. Another one is in the Pacific.
On Delta IV, the START MOU lists 90 missiles (but 96 launchers). It maybe because the missiles were being loaded, but it's hard to tell.
После постановки АПЛ к достроечной набережной начнется этап швартовых испытаний, который планируется завершить в октябре 2007 года. После этого начнется этап заводских ходовых испытаний. В настоящее время техническая готовность АПЛ составляет 82%.
В 2007 году в рамках Гособоронзаказа на разработку проекта будет выделено 742 млн. руб., на строительство корабля - 4,92 млрд. руб. АПЛ "Юрий Долгорукий" проекта 955, типа "Борей", строится на Севмаше с 1996 г. Планируется, что она будет оснащена стратегическим ракетным комплексом "Булава-М" с ядерными блоками индивидуального наведения, способными поражать цели на расстоянии до 8 тыс. км.
Pavel, do you know where to find START information on the American nuclear stockpile?
The best source for information on U.S. nuclear forcecs is the Nuclear Notebook, published by NRDC in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. They have informaiton on other countries as well. The data are also available at the NRDC site.