Nuclear triad of the Russian Federation. Russia's nuclear triad: composition and purpose
Have you ever heard of a financial and economic analyst covering the technological issues of the Strategic Missile Forces? Now you will hear this, but do not panic, our resource has conducted its own analysis of the state of Russian nuclear forces.
On June 17 of this year, on the Neuromir-TV channel for a wide observer, the analytical program “Crisis. Issue No. 54: “Buckshot” charge from Demura.” Here he, absolutely without any hesitation, loudly declares that Russia does not have a Strategic Missile Forces, and even finds reasons... Demura began to give out his “pearls” regarding the shelf life of nuclear warheads ICBMs from the 12:00 minute of the analytical program.
Our sources.
The composition and shelf life of nuclear elements for filling the warheads of monoblock and multiple multiblock warheads of ICBMs, air-launched cruise missiles, and sea-launched ballistic missiles. Speaking about the shelf life of nuclear warheads of the types of missiles listed above, you need to know the composition of the warhead, and this is plutonium 239, synthesized during the spontaneous fission of uranium 235 and 238, the half-life of plutonium 239 is 24110 years (this is the main criterion for assessing the life).
But the warhead of the warhead is a very complex structural unit; it also includes an initiating fuse made of Tritium (trinitrotoluene and liquid oxygen). Even it becomes unusable only after 25-30 years. And its production in Russia has been steadily carried out for more than 50 years by the Mayak production association in the city of Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk region. So the Russian Federation has no problems with the production of tritium fuses, and plutonium reserves are still very large, although it is no longer produced.
We have considered the issue of warhead durability; now we move on to the latest developments in rocket technology.
Currently, our Strategic Missile Forces are armed with 78 monoblock strategic missile systems "Topol" in three modifications: mobile installations 15Zh65M "Topol" and 15Zh65M2 "Topol-M" - 18 complexes, and 60 silo-based "Topol-M". This family of ICBMs belongs to the light class of missiles, has mobility and the latest set of means to overcome enemy missile defenses (dipole chaffs, decoys, infrared decoys, infrared aerosols, gas-dynamic units for performing energetic anti-aircraft maneuvers).
The range of the Topol is 10,500-11,000 km. Covering mobile and silo installations is carried out by battalions of Special Forces troops from the ground, and the Tor-M1V, 2, Pantsir-S1 and S-300 (400) air defense systems from high-precision weapons from the air.
Another family of missiles is the RS-18B and RS-20B. RS-18B - 70 carriers with 6 warheads, 420 nuclear charges, RS-20B - 58 carriers with 10 warheads, 580 nuclear charges. These intercontinental ballistic missiles are based in silo launchers (silos) with a high degree of protection from the consequences of a nuclear explosion. RS-18B "" has a take-off weight of about 105.6 tons, RS-20B "Satan" - 211 tons. The missile warheads also have maneuvering engines and KSPPRO (a set of means for overcoming missile defense). Today, not a single American nuclear strike warning or missile defense system is capable of effectively preventing a retaliatory strike from these powerful missile systems, especially with the support of another, no less important, strategic component.
The well-known strategic “White Swan” and long-range bombers Tu-22M3. Let's move for a moment to a hypothetical naval theater of war.
NATO countries are conducting a strategic aerospace offensive operation against the Russian Federation using BGM-109B “Tomohawk” cruise missiles: more than 1,200 cruise missiles have been fired at strategic industrial and military facilities in the European part of Russia. Flight time is 1.5-2.5 hours. And this is only the first massive missile and air strike. Tactical aviation of the USA and Great Britain every 3 hours strews the affected areas of the S-300PMU-1 and S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems with dozens of Harm and Alarm anti-radar missiles.
Our “Three hundred”, using all 36 target channels, each at the same time, cope with the “star raid”, but with great effort, and not without losses. The first few modifications of the S-300PS, the near dead zone of which was not covered by the Tor, Pantsir, or Tunguska air defense systems, let the attacking air attack weapons through and are destroyed. Air battles are underway: dozens of Russian fighter aircraft (Su-27, Su-30SM, Su-35S, MiG-29S, SMT, T-50 PAK-FA) are in the sky; they are opposed by Typhoons, F-16S Block 60 , F-15SE and F-22A. Losses on both sides, ratio 3:5 in favor of the Russian Air Force.
American B-52H strategic bombers with AGM-86B cruise missiles are approaching the northern borders of the Russian Federation through the Arctic Circle at a distance of 2,780 km from the Russian Satan missile silo to strike using tactical nuclear warheads with a yield of 5 kilotons. The missiles are torn from their suspensions and fall onto the trajectory. From the airbase near Ivanovo, 8 A-50U long-range radar detection and control aircraft were lifted into the air, 5 were sent to the airspace of the Western Military District, 3 were sent towards the Arctic Circle. The missiles fired from the B-52H were detected and escorted by one A-50U. These missiles were then intercepted by MiG-31BM air defense interceptors. Most were destroyed 70 km from the mines, the remainder - 30 km by defensive "Torahs".
And now the time has come for the White Swan and Tu-22M3 to work. At the height of the combined arms clashes, three Tu-160 flights took off from the airbase in Engels, then another 5 Tu-22M3 flights joined it. Two dozen Su-30MK multirole fighters began escorting the attack squadron. The first target of the strike echelon was the American SPRYAU radar "Globus-2" at the Varde base in Norway. For this purpose, 24 Kh-55SM cruise missiles were launched. 14 missiles were intercepted over the Norwegian part of the flight path by the joint NATO air force. 10 have reached their target, and the most important American nuclear strike warning point is inactive.
The next two important targets are radars in Great Britain and in Greenland's Thule. To carry out this operation, it is impossible to do without suppressing the Aegis air defense missile cruisers and aircraft carriers. The Tu-22M3 with high-speed Kh-22 anti-ship missiles entered the game, and with the help of sixty four-mach missiles the main enemy forces, the cruiser Ticonderoga, were sunk. The Arleigh Burke destroyers and aircraft carriers were destroyed by a massive missile strike from the escorting flight of the Su-30MK. The air forces that NATO could have deployed to protect its naval forces in the North Atlantic zone were drawn into protracted air battles with the air forces of the CSTO countries.
Now the “White Swans” have effortlessly disabled the radar of the American warning system in England and Greenland, preparing clear skies for a possible retaliatory nuclear strike by the Russian Stiletto, Satan and Topol-M complexes on US territory.
This is a very real look at the Russian Nuclear Triad. And Mr. Demura, apparently, re-read some Masonic propaganda in the style of Tom Clancy while studying at the University of Chicago. So everything in our nuclear forces is normal, and the shield is as strong as before in the USSR.
Military expert Mikhail Timoshenko describes in detail what nuclear weapons the Russian army has on the ground, in the air and at sea, and what our opponents have. Recently, the phrase “nuclear triad” has often begun to be heard. Literally from every iron. The term, generally speaking, is from the field of political science, which allows everyone to interpret it as convenient. Civilians generally understand all strategic weapons by it: long-range aviation, intercontinental missiles and nuclear submarines - the main thing is that they fly far and explode more powerfully. Due to the strict secrecy, this gives rise to myths and legends. Let's take a closer look. On land In Russia, this is primarily the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN). As of the beginning of 2015, they included 305 missile systems capable of carrying 1,166 nuclear warheads. The basis of the group is 106 stationary and “Sotka” mines in highly protected mines. Combat survivability and stability are ensured by 135 mobile complexes and Yars. A third of all missiles are of the latest types. Range - 11-16 thousand km. All ground-based ICBMs are deployed in the positional areas of eleven missile divisions of three missile armies. Geographically, the formations of the missile forces are located in such a way that no global strike can immediately disable the Strategic Missile Forces group.
Such missiles are perhaps the pinnacle of what man has invented in the field of weapons. They say that perfect technology, in addition to the aesthetic feeling, evokes many other positive emotions. The feeling is caused by her rationality. And what could be more rational than a weapon? After all, a rocket is the embodiment of rationalism, a revived function. It destroys itself in the name of achieving the goal: the stages move away as the fuel burns to deliver the charge to the designated place. Strange, but the rocket itself does not generate any aesthetic feelings. Those who saw the launch up close will understand me. The meter-thick shaft cover moves aside with frightening ease and inevitability, and in a puff of smoke, a thirty-meter-long blind green body weighing two hundred tons lazily jumps out of the ground (a mortar launch). It freezes for a second, and then the main engine fires, hitting the mine that gave birth to it with white fire, burning everything there. You no longer hear this roar - human ears are not designed for such power, but you feel it with your trembling insides, your intestines. Dragging behind it a swirling trail of nitric oxides, THIS almost immediately, falling to one side, falls onto the combat trajectory and disappears over the horizon. That's it. You can sit on the ground, bend your weakening legs, and slowly smoke. By the time the cigarette burns out, at the other end of the trajectory, a city, or maybe a small country, will disappear in a violet-crimson flame. At sea The Russian Navy has 11 strategic nuclear missile-carrying submarines of four types: “Squid”, “Dolphin”, “Akula” and “Borey”. Only eight of them have ballistic missiles (SLBMs) on board. In total, such missiles, located in 128 launchers (16 on each boat), can carry 512 nuclear warheads. Missile range - 8 - 9.3 thousand km. All the Squids and the lead ship of the newest Borei series are part of the Northern Fleet, and the two Dolphins are based in the Pacific Ocean, where they will soon be joined by two Boreis. “Squids” were built in the 70s of the last century and are armed with R-29 missiles. The Dolphins entered service from 1984 to 1990 and carry eight Boreevs (16 Bulava SLBMs on each) by 2018 will form the basis of the naval component of the nuclear triad. Yes, the most formidable force of the fleet has gone under water. The spread out, forward hulls of the “striking” and “Norfolk” (the silhouettes of which with pipes thrown back and low sides, with the stern settling on turns below the water level, the signalmen knew by heart) disappeared under the roar of ventilation, driving air into the insatiable furnaces of their boilers, in the fogs North Atlantic. And where is all that beauty and romance today? Identical gray hulls shuddering with power, blank superstructures studded with antennas, the same rockets of all types, the whine of turbines, low ceilings, the oily taste of air. Sailors on a voyage don’t really see the sea: they are at their command. The bells of a loud chime pierce the soul, they leave the watchmen at the posts, the broadcast croaks something. Where are you, at what point in space, what is fate allowed to you, and what is it like? This is known only to the commander, who is somewhere above or even nearby, behind the battened hatch of the adjacent compartment. He is your destiny. There is nothing to say about submariners: they live inside their weapons. It is not without reason that it has been said: swimming is not a service, but a religion. And in the sky The Long-Range Aviation Command has 38 strategic bombers, 16 and 41. They are stationed at four air bases. The turboprop Tu-95 was mass-produced in 1984-1991. Combat radius - 6.5 thousand km. Strike weapons are six Kh-55 nuclear cruise missiles with a flight range of 2,500 km, located in the bomb bay. It can additionally carry up to 10 missiles on pylons under the wings, but the flight range is significantly reduced. The Tu-160 jet was built in two stages: 1984-1992 and again since 1999. The combat radius is smaller - 6 thousand km. Strike weapons - 12 X-55 cruise missiles in the bomb bay. They should be replaced by the X-101 missile with a range of up to five thousand kilometers. The Tu-22M3 with a combat radius of 2.5 thousand km stands apart in this series. It was created as an “aircraft carrier killer” and was built in a mass series from 1989 to 1993. But with the advent of the X-15 missile, which itself sees the target “from under the wing,” and the ability to use bombs, it became universal. It won't fly to the States, but in Europe - anywhere in an hour - and here you are. Receive and sign. Such a normal “Eurostrategist”. So long-range aviation is our “long arm”. It is distinguished from other components of the nuclear triad by its flexibility of use, since the aircraft can be redirected right in the air. All strategic bombers will undergo modernization and will serve for another twenty years. This year, five and nine will return to service renewed. Combat aircraft are certainly aesthetically pleasing, especially in flight. For some reason, I, like many people, always want to climb onto a plane and stand there, raising my head and looking at the sky. But once you sit in the cabin, you understand that this is a place only for work, the hard work of a knowledgeable person. THIS is also an embodied function. Jim Collins, an American test pilot, said about seventy years ago: “As a child, I had a dream. I don't remember what it was. I only remember that the desire to fly was one of her manifestations.” But it was in his brain. The pilot is the brain of the aircraft. Bird's brain. And they live only in the sky. If you add up everything that Russia may have, then the total number of warheads under the START-3 treaty cannot exceed 1,550 units. We also have some tactical nuclear weapons that are not subject to restrictions. And yet we are constantly called upon to eliminate it. Although all our nuclear weapons, both strategic and tactical, are concentrated within the national territory. There, beyond the ocean The American nuclear triad is asymmetrical to ours. The United States has about 400 Minuteman III ICBMs, 14 Ohio nuclear submarines with 336 missiles and 96 strategic bombers. That is, we see a clear bias in favor of the fleet and aviation. Note that at least two-thirds of the submarines are constantly in combat positions: the Americans do not consider them a retaliatory weapon. Since the times of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, aviation has been treated as a sacred cow. Their strategic bombers can carry from 16 to 32 nuclear cruise missiles. By 2018, the number of carriers is planned to be reduced to 700, and the number of warheads to 1,550. But when preparing the treaty, the Americans insisted that only one warhead be counted for each bomber. A local expert admitted that this was done during the negotiations specifically to reduce the “attractiveness” American bombers as the subject of reductions. Thus, the United States actually removed the nuclear weapons of its bombers, primarily cruise missiles, from control. Now, having any number of such missiles in service, they may not submit them at all for the control procedures of the START-3 treaty, but “report”, for example, only 96 nuclear bombs. Our “sworn friends” also have tactical nuclear weapons, for example, 150 bombs that are stationed in Italy and Turkey, closer to our borders. Of course, such sincerity contributes to “deepening trust” and “reducing tension.” Author: Mikhail Timoshenko Photo: Ministry Russian defense
Military expert Mikhail Timoshenko describes in detail what nuclear weapons the Russian army has on the ground, in the air and at sea, and what our opponents have. Recently, the phrase “nuclear triad” has often begun to be heard. Literally from every iron. The term, generally speaking, is from the field of political science, which allows everyone to interpret it as convenient. Civilians generally understand all strategic weapons by it: long-range aviation, intercontinental missiles and nuclear submarines - the main thing is that they fly far and explode more powerfully. Due to the strict secrecy, this gives rise to myths and legends. Let's take a closer look. On land In Russia, this is primarily the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN). As of the beginning of 2015, they included 305 missile systems capable of carrying 1,166 nuclear warheads. The basis of the group is 106 stationary and “Sotka” mines in highly protected mines. Combat survivability and stability are ensured by 135 mobile complexes and Yars. A third of all missiles are of the latest types. Range - 11-16 thousand km. All ground-based ICBMs are deployed in the positional areas of eleven missile divisions of three missile armies. Geographically, the formations of the missile forces are located in such a way that no global strike can immediately disable the Strategic Missile Forces group.
Such missiles are perhaps the pinnacle of what man has invented in the field of weapons. They say that perfect technology, in addition to the aesthetic feeling, evokes many other positive emotions. The feeling is caused by her rationality. And what could be more rational than a weapon? After all, a rocket is the embodiment of rationalism, a revived function. It destroys itself in the name of achieving the goal: the stages move away as the fuel burns to deliver the charge to the designated place. Strange, but the rocket itself does not generate any aesthetic feelings. Those who saw the launch up close will understand me. The meter-thick shaft cover moves aside with frightening ease and inevitability, and in a puff of smoke, a thirty-meter-long blind green body weighing two hundred tons lazily jumps out of the ground (a mortar launch). It freezes for a second, and then the main engine fires, hitting the mine that gave birth to it with white fire, burning everything there. You no longer hear this roar - human ears are not designed for such power, but you feel it with your trembling insides, your intestines. Dragging behind it a swirling trail of nitric oxides, THIS almost immediately, falling to one side, falls onto the combat trajectory and disappears over the horizon. That's it. You can sit on the ground, bend your weakening legs, and slowly smoke. By the time the cigarette burns out, at the other end of the trajectory, a city, or maybe a small country, will disappear in a violet-crimson flame. At sea The Russian Navy has 11 strategic nuclear missile-carrying submarines of four types: “Squid”, “Dolphin”, “Akula” and “Borey”. Only eight of them have ballistic missiles (SLBMs) on board. In total, such missiles, located in 128 launchers (16 on each boat), can carry 512 nuclear warheads. Missile range - 8 - 9.3 thousand km. All the Squids and the lead ship of the newest Borei series are part of the Northern Fleet, and the two Dolphins are based in the Pacific Ocean, where they will soon be joined by two Boreis. “Squids” were built in the 70s of the last century and are armed with R-29 missiles. The Dolphins entered service from 1984 to 1990 and carry eight Boreevs (16 Bulava SLBMs on each) by 2018 will form the basis of the naval component of the nuclear triad. Yes, the most formidable force of the fleet has gone under water. The spread out, forward hulls of the “striking” and “Norfolk” (the silhouettes of which with pipes thrown back and low sides, with the stern settling on turns below the water level, the signalmen knew by heart) disappeared under the roar of ventilation, driving air into the insatiable furnaces of their boilers, in the fogs North Atlantic. And where is all that beauty and romance today? Identical gray hulls shuddering with power, blank superstructures studded with antennas, the same rockets of all types, the whine of turbines, low ceilings, the oily taste of air. Sailors on a voyage don’t really see the sea: they are at their command. The bells of a loud chime pierce the soul, they leave the watchmen at the posts, the broadcast croaks something. Where are you, at what point in space, what is fate allowed to you, and what is it like? This is known only to the commander, who is somewhere above or even nearby, behind the battened hatch of the adjacent compartment. He is your destiny. There is nothing to say about submariners: they live inside their weapons. It is not without reason that it has been said: swimming is not a service, but a religion. And in the sky The Long-Range Aviation Command has 38 strategic bombers, 16 and 41. They are stationed at four air bases. The turboprop Tu-95 was mass-produced in 1984-1991. Combat radius - 6.5 thousand km. Strike weapons are six Kh-55 nuclear cruise missiles with a flight range of 2,500 km, located in the bomb bay. It can additionally carry up to 10 missiles on pylons under the wings, but the flight range is significantly reduced. The Tu-160 jet was built in two stages: 1984-1992 and again since 1999. The combat radius is smaller - 6 thousand km. Strike weapons - 12 X-55 cruise missiles in the bomb bay. They should be replaced by the X-101 missile with a range of up to five thousand kilometers. The Tu-22M3 with a combat radius of 2.5 thousand km stands apart in this series. It was created as an “aircraft carrier killer” and was built in a mass series from 1989 to 1993. But with the advent of the X-15 missile, which itself sees the target “from under the wing,” and the ability to use bombs, it became universal. It won't fly to the States, but in Europe - anywhere in an hour - and here you are. Receive and sign. Such a normal “Eurostrategist”. So long-range aviation is our “long arm”. It is distinguished from other components of the nuclear triad by its flexibility of use, since the aircraft can be redirected right in the air. All strategic bombers will undergo modernization and will serve for another twenty years. This year, five and nine will return to service renewed. Combat aircraft are certainly aesthetically pleasing, especially in flight. For some reason, I, like many people, always want to climb onto a plane and stand there, raising my head and looking at the sky. But once you sit in the cabin, you understand that this is a place only for work, the hard work of a knowledgeable person. THIS is also an embodied function. Jim Collins, an American test pilot, said about seventy years ago: “As a child, I had a dream. I don't remember what it was. I only remember that the desire to fly was one of her manifestations.” But it was in his brain. The pilot is the brain of the aircraft. Bird's brain. And they live only in the sky. If you add up everything that Russia may have, then the total number of warheads under the START-3 treaty cannot exceed 1,550 units. We also have some tactical nuclear weapons that are not subject to restrictions. And yet we are constantly called upon to eliminate it. Although all our nuclear weapons, both strategic and tactical, are concentrated within the national territory. There, beyond the ocean The American nuclear triad is asymmetrical to ours. The United States has about 400 Minuteman III ICBMs, 14 Ohio nuclear submarines with 336 missiles and 96 strategic bombers. That is, we see a clear bias in favor of the fleet and aviation. Note that at least two-thirds of the submarines are constantly in combat positions: the Americans do not consider them a retaliatory weapon. Since the times of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, aviation has been treated as a sacred cow. Their strategic bombers can carry from 16 to 32 nuclear cruise missiles. By 2018, the number of carriers is planned to be reduced to 700, and the number of warheads to 1,550. But when preparing the treaty, the Americans insisted that only one warhead be counted for each bomber. A local expert admitted that this was done during the negotiations specifically to reduce the “attractiveness” American bombers as the subject of reductions. Thus, the United States actually removed the nuclear weapons of its bombers, primarily cruise missiles, from control. Now, having any number of such missiles in service, they may not submit them at all for the control procedures of the START-3 treaty, but “report”, for example, only 96 nuclear bombs. Our “sworn friends” also have tactical nuclear weapons, for example, 150 bombs that are stationed in Italy and Turkey, closer to our borders. Of course, such sincerity contributes to “deepening trust” and “reducing tension.” Author: Mikhail Timoshenko Photo: Ministry Russian defense
The division of a state's strategic nuclear weapons between several types of strategic nuclear armed forces ensures the impossibility of destroying the entire combat-ready arsenal of nuclear weapons in the event of a surprise attack by the enemy and provides greater flexibility in their use. Even with the complete destruction of arsenals in any two components, the third must be able to deliver a retaliatory strike, guaranteeing the destruction of the enemy or causing him unacceptable damage.
Classical nuclear triad consists of land, sea and air components. It is believed that 3 countries have a full-fledged nuclear triad: the USA, Russia and China.
Tactical nuclear weapons are not part of the nuclear triad. In Russia, the nuclear triad, according to the current composition of the Strategic Nuclear Forces of the Russian Federation, consists of:
- Naval Strategic Forces
Land
Stationary and mobile-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Low vulnerability is ensured due to the high security of stationary silo launchers, capable of withstanding a close (up to several hundred meters) nuclear explosion of medium power and their dispersal on the ground. Mobile ground and rail launchers are capable of quickly changing positions and maneuvering throughout the country's entire road network, which makes them difficult to detect and destroy.
Nautical
The main carrier of intercontinental ballistic missiles in the fleet are nuclear submarines. They have a long autonomy and are capable of secretly maneuvering throughout the world's oceans, and launching missiles from an underwater position, as well as emerging from under the ice of the North Pole, which makes their detection and destruction before the missiles are launched a very difficult task. There are submarines capable of carrying up to 24 ICBMs, with fourteen individually targetable warheads each (Ohio-class boats), making even a single submarine extremely dangerous. Some surface ships are capable of carrying cruise missiles with nuclear warheads.
Air
The carriers of air-launched cruise missiles with nuclear warheads and nuclear bombs are strategic bombers capable of making long-distance flights and staying in the air for a long time on patrol, including near the borders of a potential enemy. This makes it possible to put political pressure on the enemy and ensures a quick strike in the event of a war. Another advantage is the ability to quickly maneuver forces and the ability to hit targets almost anywhere in the world.
See also
- Nuclear arsenal of the Russian Federation
Notes
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As of 2017, Washington has almost 1.4 thousand deployed nuclear warheads. More - 1561 charges - only in Russia. In addition, the United States is one of four countries in the world that have the so-called nuclear triad. About its main components, as well as how the United States is modernizing its nuclear potential - in the TASS material.
The call of modernization
“Nuclear submarines, strategic bombers and ballistic missiles need modernization. I am concerned about our [nuclear] capabilities in the late 2020s and 2030s,” said the head of the US Strategic Command (STRATCOM), General John Hyten at the Halifax Forum on International Security in Canada.
General Hyten is not the first to draw Washington's attention to the problem of modernizing existing nuclear weapons. A month before his inauguration, US President Donald Trump stated that the country's nuclear capabilities should be "significantly strengthened and expanded." And part of the American expert community (for example, The Heritage Foundation) calls on Congress to support the allocation of funds for maintaining and modernizing the nuclear triad.
True, this is a very expensive pleasure. The US Congressional Budget Office estimates that maintaining and modernizing nuclear weapons could cost Washington $400 billion between 2017 and 2026.
Triad
The concept of a nuclear triad emerged by the end of the 1950s, when all three of its components (land, air and sea) were in service with the two superpowers - the USSR and the USA.
First component- mobile or stationary (mine) launchers of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
Second- strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear bombs or cruise missiles with a nuclear warhead.
Third- submarines with SLBMs (submarine-launched ballistic missiles).
Only four countries in the world have a nuclear triad - Russia, the USA, China and India, the latter of which joined this “club” in 2016.
At Washington's disposal
Land component The triad in the United States is represented exclusively by the Minuteman-III ICBM, developed by Boeing and first entering service in 1970. The maximum range of Minuteman-III is about 13 thousand km, and the missiles are equipped with two types of warheads - W78 and W87.
Minuteman-IIIs are considered obsolete, and work is currently underway on the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program. Its goal is to create a worthy replacement for Minuteman-III. In August 2017, it became known that as part of this program, the Pentagon signed contracts with Boeing and Northrop Grumman for a total amount of $677 million. And according to the Arms Control Association, the entire GBSD program could cost $140 billion.
Air component- B-52H Stratofortress and B-2 Spirit bombers. The first entered service in 1955, and the second in 1997.
The maximum flight range of the B-52H without refueling is about 16.2 thousand km, and the more modern and stealthy B-2 is 11.1 thousand km.
Northrop Grumman is currently working on the B-21 bomber as part of the Long Range Strike Bomber program (LRS-B). Washington will have to allocate over $100 billion for this, according to the Arms Control Association.
Marine component UGM-133 Trident II SLBM presented. This brainchild of Lockheed Martin was put into service in 1990. Currently, Trident II carriers in the United States are exclusively Ohio-class submarines. Each boat has 24 SLBMs.
To replace the SSBN (nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine) Ohio, it is planned to launch new Columbia-class submarines. They will differ from their predecessors in the smaller number of launch silos (16 instead of 24), but with greater stealth and more modern electronic equipment.
Washington will have to allocate $128 billion for the development and construction of Columbia-class submarines.
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