American scientists count over 4,000 tactical and strategic nuclear weapons in Russia's arsenal

Against the backdrop of the retreat of the Russian army in some areas of the front, Vladimir Putin's rhetoric about

Although he has been talking about this since the end of February, when the missiles were put on high alert.In the meantime, the Federation of American Scientists has calculated how many nuclear weapons there are in totalRussia.

What is known

Of course, none of the experts can nameexact amount. But scientists estimate that Russia has more than 4,000 tactical and strategic nuclear weapons. In particular, 1912 tactical warheads, 1185 intercontinental ballistic missiles and 800 submarine missiles.

At the same time, the Washington Post believes that the missilethe Iskander complex is the most likely to use nuclear weapons, since it has the highest chance of reaching the target. But in the arsenal of the Russian army there are no more than a hundred of these ballistic missiles.

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In addition, scientists have concluded thatRussia's military space forces have approximately 580 tactical nuclear weapons. These include air-to-surface cruise missiles and gravity bombs, which can be delivered by supersonic aircraft like the Tu-22.

Tactical nuclear is stored in specialfacilities located throughout the country. This means that it must be removed and delivered to the launch site. Such a procedure may take several days, i.e. US intelligence agencies will be able to track the movement, unlike strategic nuclear weapons, which can be launched within minutes.

Source: WP