4,162 (su) vs 5,866 (us)
That's the Russian and US operational strategic warhead count, as of the beginning of the current year. No more than 6,000 warheads on no more than 1,600 launchers, each. Before going further on the subject of strategic nuclear weapons, I would like to remind you that its only been 11 months since then-SecDef Donald Rumsfeld was pitching a novel idea to Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov -- making it impossible to know if a trident missile launches from one of 14 Ohio class SSBNs is conventionally armed with eight W88 (475 kt) warheads (Mark 5), or eight W76 (100 kt) warheads, or unconventionally armed with an as yet undisclosed munition (or MIRVed munition) equivalent to two, or three, MK84 (2,000) bombs, or half a BLU-82 ("daisy cutter").
Remember that one? Hit OBL with a couple of tons of TNT, applied ballistically. It was wicked funny. Here's the link to in the interests of national stupidity.
Things could be much better, the pit and push counts could be greatly reduced, but the last BRAC round, cutting between 5% and 11% of "excess military infrastructure",.only scratched the strategic nuclear weapons assets.
8th Air Force, 2nd Bomb Wing (B-52): Hunter AFB GA and Barksdale AFB LA: Not on the list.
8th Air Force, 5th Bomb Wing (B-52): Minot AFB ND: Not on the list.
8th Air Force, 509th Bomb Wing (B-2): Whiteman SFB MO: Not on the list.
12th Air Force, 7th Bomb Wing (B-1B): Dyess AFB TX: Not on the list.
12th Air Force, 28th Bomb Wing (B-1B): Ellsworth AFB SD: On the list.
20th Air Force, 90th Space Wing (500 Minuteman II and 50 Peacekeeper missiles siloed in Colorado, Montana, Nebrasca, North Dakota and Wyoming): Warren AFB WY, Minot AFB NF, Malstrom AFB MT: Not on the list.
Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay Georgia is not on the list.
The lunacy has been reduced, but the profits not so much, and PR fills the summer air.
