Russia’ s non-strategic nuclear force ----------------------------------------------- 000km Missinle range Nuclear weapon yield: Amount of chemical explosive (TNT) that produces same energy release. Hiroshima bomb had yield of 13 kilotons (13,000 tons of TNT) Russia’s nuclear warheads: 5,977 (2022 estimate by Bulletin of Atomic Scientists) ----------------------------------------------- Strategic offensive warheads 2,565 Non-strategic, defensive “tactical” warheads 1,912 Retired warheads awaiting dismantlement 1,500 ----------------------------------------------- Non-strategic air-launched warheads: ~ 500 Delivery systems: Su-34, Su-24M, MiG-31K interceptors and long range Tu-22M supersonic bombers MIG-31 KH-102 (NATO designation, AS-23B Kodiak). Dual-capable supersonic anti-ship and land-attack cruise missile 5,000km 250 kiloton KH-47M2 Kinzhal (Dagger). Hypersonic land-attack missile – speed of Mach 10 (12,300km/h) 1,500-2,000km 500 kiloton Naval tactical warheads: ~ 935 Delivery systems: Yakhont (SS-N-26) supersonic anti-ship cruise missile. Kalibr (SS-N-30A) land-attack cruise missile, nuclear torpedoes, depth charges Oscar II class cruise-missile submarine ---------------------------------------------------------------- Surface-to-air warheads: ~ 387 Delivery systems: S-300 and S-400 long-ange air defence systems: 290 warheads 53T6 (Gazelle) silo-based anti-ballistic missile system: 68 warheads Progress (SS-N-3C) turbojet-powered, cruise missiles and Bastion (SSC-5) coastal defence missile system: 29 warheads Iskander-M Road-mobile, surface-to- surface ballistic missile Surface-to-surface warheads: ~ 90 Delivery systems: Iskander-M (SS-26). 400-500km 50 kiloton Surface-to-air warheads: ~ 90 Delivery systems: Iskander-M (SS-26). At least 36 Iskander launchers reported along Ukraine’s border: 70 warheads Iskander variant with nuclear-capable 9M729 Novator (SSC-8) ground-launched cruise missile: 20 warheads 9M729 GLCM 2,500km 10-50 kiloton ---------------------------------------------------- Sources: Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, The Heritage Foundation, IISS, Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance © GRAPHIC NEWS