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Table <strong>3.</strong>4. Soviet strategic nuclear forces, 1986 Weapon system Warheads ;l:l to Type ICBMs SS-l1 Mod 1 Mod 2 Mod 2/3 SS-13 Mod 2 No. deployed 30 360 60 -60 Year deployed 1966 1973 1973 1972 Range (km) 11 000 13000 10600 9400 Warhead x yield 1 x 1 Mt 1 x 1 Mt 3 x 250-350 kt (MRV) 1 x 600-750 kt No. in stockpilea 32- 60 380- 720 190- 360 63- 120 0 0 ~ -'C 00 a, SS-17 Mod 3 150 1979 10000 4 x 750 kt (MIRV) 630- 1200 SS-18 Mod 4 308 1979 11 000 10 x 550 kt (MIRV) 3200- 6200 SS-19 Mod 3 SS-X-24 360 .. 1979 1986 10000 10 000 6 x 550 kt (MIRV) 8-10 x 550 kt (MIRV) 2300- 4300 SS-25 Mod 1 45 1985 10500 1 x 550 kt 47- 90 Total 1373 6800-13 000 SLBMs SS-N-5 39 1963 1400 1 x 1 Mt 41- 47 SS-N-6 Mod 1/2 } Mod 3 SS-N-8 SS-N-17 304 292 12 1967 1973 1973 1977 2400 3000 7800 3900 1 x 1 Mt } 2 x 200-350 kt (MRV) 1 x 800 kt-l Mt 1 x 1 Mt 480- 310- 13- 550 350 14 SS-N-18 Mod 1/3} Mod 2 SS-N-2()b SS-N-23 224 80 1978 1978 1983 6500 8000 8300 3-7 x 200-500 kt } 1 x 450 kt-l Mt 6-9 x 350-500 kt 710- 1900 500- 860 b 32 1985 7240 7 x 350-500 kt 240- 270 Total 983 2300- 4000 "'" 00 VJ-"tl ;l:l - ~ t'T1 :>
Bombers Bison 18-33 Bear A/B/CIG 90 Bear H 40 Total 138-163 Refuelling aircraft 125-140 ABMs Galosh 32 SH-08 (68) Total 100 1956 1956 1984 1964 1985 8000 8300 8300 2 x bombs 2-4 x bombs/ ASMs 4 x ALCMs 1 x 3-5 Mt 1 x .. 36- 130 240- 480 160- 320 440- 930 32- 64 68- 140 106- 200 a Figures for numbers of warheads are low and high estimates of possible force loadings (including reloads). Reloads for ICBMs are 5 per cent and 100 per cent, and for SLBMs 5 per cent and 20 per cent extra missiles and associated warheads. Half the SS-N-6s are assumed to be Mod 3s, and SS-N-18 warheads are assumed to be 3 or 7 warheads. Bomber warheads are force loadings and force loadings plus 100 per cent reloads. It is assumed that 30 Bear Gs are now deployed (4 warheads each). All warhead total estimates have been rounded to two significant digits. Warhead estimates do not include down-loading for single-warhead SS-17 Mod 2, SS-19 Mod 2 or SS-18 Mod 1/3 missiles, which could be deployed, nor lower estimates for the SS-18 force, which includes some Mod 2 missiles with 8 or 10 warheads. b Includes SLBMs potentially carried on 1 Typhoon Class and 2 Delta IV Class submarines on sea trials. c Includes Badger and Bison A bombers converted for aerial refuelling, with 15 possible new Bison conversions claimed by the USSR. Sources: Authors' estimates derived from: Arkin, W. M. and Sands, J. I., 'The Soviet nuclear stockpile', Arms Control Today, June 1984, pp. 1-7; Department of Defense, Soviet Military Power, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th editions; NATO, NATO-Warsaw Pact Force Comparisons, 1st, 2nd editions; Berman, R. P. and Baker, J. C., Soviet Strategic Forces: Requirements and Responses (Brookings Institution: Washington, DC, 1982); Defense Intelligence Agency, Unclassified Communist Naval Orders of Battle, DDB-12oo-124-84, May 1984; Joint Chiefs of Staff, United States Military Posture for FY 1987; Gordon, M. R., 'U.S. says Soviet complies on some arms issues', New York Times, 24 Nov. 1985, p. 18; Senate Armed Services Committee/Senate Appropriations Committee, Soviet Strategic Force Developments, S. Hrg. 99-335, June 1985; background briefing by senior US Administration official, 8 Oct. 1985; Hutchinson, R., 'USSR now has 100 ABM launchers', Jane's Defence Weekly, 2 Nov. 1985, p. 959; Polmar, N., 'The submarine enigmas', US Naval Institute Proceedings, Jan. 1986, p. 129; interviews with US DoD officials, Apr. and Nov. 1985; Sands, J. 1., 'A review of Soviet Military Power 1985', <strong>Nuclear</strong> Weapons Databook Working Paper no. 85-2, July 1985. .
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