Status of Nuclear Weapons States and Their Nuclear Capabilities
(Data as of March 2008)

-

United States

Russia

United Kingdom

China

Israel

North
Korea

Total

Weapons

Stockpile

5,400

14,000

~185

~240

~80

~50

~60

Operational

4,075

5,192

<160

~193

?

?

?

ICBM

Number

488

430

-

26

-

-

-

Warheads

764

1,605

-

26

-

-

-

Type

MM II :
MM III:
MX PK:

SS-18:
SS-19:
SS-24:
SS-25:
SS-27:
SS-27M:

-

DF-5A:
DF-31A:

20
~6^c

-

-

-

TD-2: 0

SRBM,
IRBM, MRBM

-

-

-

-

~100

50

<58

<150

Warheads

-

-

-

~100

~50

~10

~35

Hatf-3:
Hatf-4:
Hatf-5:
Hatf-6:

TD-1: 0

SLBM

288

176

48

(12)

-

-

-

Warheads

1,728

624

<144

(12)

-

-

-

-

K-15:

-

-

(ATV: 0)

-

Strategic Bombers

115

79

-

-

-

-

-

Warheads

1,083

884

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Theater Weapons

325

-

-

-

-

-

-

Warheads

500

2,079

-

ASMP

~30

Bombs

~25

n/a
325

^a The B-1B bomber is no longer nuclear. It was officially removed from the SIOP in 1997, but retained in a Nuclear Rerole Plan until March 2003, when the Office of the Secretary of Defense directed the Air Force to discontinue the plan. The B-1B is no longer nuclear-capable.
^b The first Borey-class SSBN was launched in 2006 and might be entering operations in 2008 with the Bulava SLBM. A total of six Borey SSBNs are planned. Delta IVs are being upgraded to the modified SS-N-23 (Sineva). All but three of the original six Typhoon-class SSBNs have been retired. One has been converted to test launch platform for the SS-N-30 (Bulava) SLCM. The Borey will probably replaced Delta IIIs on a one-for-one basis.
^c The Pentagon declared in May 2007 that the DF-31 had achieved "initial threat capability" in 2006.
^d The first Jin-class (Type 094) was launched in 2004 and first spotted with commercial satellite images in July 2007. A second Jin-class SSBN hasbeen launched and a third appears to be under construction. U.S. naval intelligence hasprojected that China might build five SSBNs if it wants to have a more permanent sea-based deterrent, and the DOD 2008 DOD report in March 2008 that Chinese forces by 2010 might include "up to five" Jin-class SSBNs.
^e The DOD reported in 2008 that 50-250 DH-10 have been deployed in air- and ground-based versions. Only a portion of the H-6 force, perhaps 30 aircraft, are estimated to have secondary nuclear mission. The H-6 is being modified to carry the DH-10. The Q-5 may no longer be nuclear-capable. There is no reliable information that newer tactical aircraft have been assigned nuclear role.