US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, signed a landmark nuclear arms treaty in the Czech capital, Prague on Thursday. The treaty commits the former Cold War enemies to each reduce the number of deployed strategic warheads to 1,550 - 30% lower than the previous ceiling. Here is a breakdown of their respective arsenals. USA RUSSIA Intercontinental ballistic missile Name No. Warheads Name No. Warheads Minuteman* 450 550 SS-18 (Satan) 50 500 SS-19 (Stiletto) 60 360 SS-25 (Sickle) 150 150 SS-27 (Topol)* 71 80 SUBTOTAL 450 550 331 1,090 Submarine-launched ballistic missiles Name No. Warheads Name No. Warheads Trident 288 1,152 SS-N-18 M1 (Stingray) 64 192 SS-N-23*

(Skiff & Sineva) 96 384 SUBTOTAL 288 1,152 144 576 Bombers Name No. Warheads Name No. Warheads B52 Stratofortress 44 350 Tu-95 (Bear) 62 682 B-2A Spirit* 16 150 Tu-160 (Blackjack)* 13 156 SUBTOTAL 60 500 75 838 Nonstrategic (short-range) forces Name No. Warheads Name No. Warheads Tomahawk* cruise missile 325 100 53T6 (Gazelle) 68 68 B61 bombs 400 SA-10 (Grumble)* 1,900 630 Bombers/fighters 524 650 Subs/Ships/Air 700 SUBTOTAL 325 500 1,492 2,000 TOTAL 1,123 2,702 2,042 4,600 Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Note: Names in brackets are those used by Nato. Those names with an "*" next to them are pictured. The data for the US relates to 2009. That for Russia, 2010. Photo Credits: Getty, AFP, Airteamimages.com , GlobalSecurity.Org



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