Global Guide to Nuclear Missiles NPT countries: UK | USA | France | China Russia | Iran | Iraq | North Korea Non-NPT countries: Israel | Pakistan | India Russia Land-Based Strategic Weapons SS-18 Satan (RS-20) Year deployed: 1975 Dimensions: 36.5 meters (length), 3.0 meters (diameter) Weight: 211,100 kilograms Propulsion: 2-stage liquid fuel plus PBV, cold launch Range: Model 4 - 11,000 kilometers, Model 5 - unknown, Model 6 - unknown Guidance: Computer-controlled Inertial for booster and PBV Warhead: Model 4 with 10 warheads, Model 5 with 10 warheads, or Model 6 with one warhead Locations: Uzhur - 52, Aleysk - 30, Kartaly - 46, Dombaroskiy - 52 Number deployed: 180 missiles SS-19 Stiletto (RS-18) Year deployed: 1982 Dimensions: 27 meters (length), 2.5 meters (diameter) Weight: 105,600 kilograms Propulsion: 2-stage liquid fuel plus PBV Range: 10,000 kilometers Guidance: Inertial, with onboard digital computer, and PBV Warhead: 6 MIRVs Locations: Tatischevo - 107, Kozel'sk - 60 Number deployed: 167 missiles SS-24 Scalpel (RS-22 Molodets) Year deployed: 1987 Dimensions: 23.8 meters (length), 2.4 meters (diameter) Weight: 104,500 kilograms Propulsion: 3-stage Solid plus PBV, cold launch Range: 10,000 kilometers Guidance: Computer-controlled Inertial plus PBV Warhead: 10 warheads Locations: Bershet - 12 (rail), Kostroma - 12 (rail), Krasnoyarsk - 12 (rail), Tatishchevo - 10 (silo) Number deployed: 46 missiles SS-25 Sickle (RS-12 Topol) Year deployed: 1985 Dimensions: 21.5 meters length, 1.8 meters diameter Weight: 45,100 kilograms Propulsion: 3-stage solid-fuel plus PBV, cold launch Range: 10,500 kilometers Guidance: Presumed Inertial with onboard digital computers Warhead: Single warhead Locations: Irkutsk - 36, Kansk - 46, Novosibirsk - 45, Yoshkar-Ola - 36, Nizhniy Tagil - 45, Yur'ya - 45, Teykovo - 36, Vypolzpvp - 9, Barnaul - 36, Drovyanaya - 18 Number deployed: 352 missiles (~600-700 planned) Sea-Based Strategic Weapons SS-N-18 Stingray SLBM Model 1 (RSM-50) Year deployed: 1982 Dimensions: Estimated 15.6 meters (length), 1.8 meters (diameter) Weight: 35,300 kilograms Propulsion: 2-stage liquid fuel plus PBV Range: 6,500 kilometers Guidance: Stellar Inertial Warhead: 3 MIRVs Locations: 13 Delta III submarines Number deployed: 208 missiles SS-N-20 Sturgeon (RSM-52) Year deployed: 1981 Dimensions: 18 meters (length), 2.4 meters (diameter) Weight: 84,000 kilograms Propulsion: 3-stage solid fuel plus PBV Range: 8,300 kilometers Guidance: Inertial plus stellar reference update, computer-controlled PBV Warhead: 10 MIRVs Locations: 6 Typhoon submarines Number deployed: 120 missiles SS-N-23 Skiff (RSM-54) Year deployed: 1985 Dimensions: Estimated 16.8 meters (length), 1.9 meters (diameter) Propulsion: 3 stages, liquid fuel plus PBV Range: 8,300 kilometers Guidance: Inertial plus stellar reference update, computer-controlled PBV Warhead: 4 MIRVs Locations: 7 Delta IV submarines Number deployed: 112 missiles AS-16 Kickback SRAM (Kh-15P) Year deployed: 1988 Dimensions: 5.0 meters (length), .45 meters (diameter), .9 meters (tailspan) Weight: 1,200 kilograms Propulsion: Solid fuel Range: 200 kilometers Guidance: Presumed Inertial Locations: Bear H and Blackjack bombers Number deployed: Unknown Air-Based Strategic Weapons AS-15 Kent ALCM (Kh-55 or RKV-500) Year deployed: 1984 Dimensions: 6 meters (length), 3.1 meter (wingspan), .51 meters (body diameter) Weight: 1,500 kilograms Propulsion: turbofan Range: 3,000 kilometers Guidance: Inertial with terrain mapping Locations: Bear H and Blackjack bombers Number deployed: Unknown, ~600 missiles Printer-Friendly Format   Feedback The Director's Story | False Alarms on the Nuclear Front Global Guide to Nuclear Missiles | From First Alert to Missile Launch Resources | Transcript | Site Map | Russia's Nuclear Warriors Home Search | Site Map | Previously Featured | Schedule | Feedback | Teachers | Shop Join Us/E-Mail | About NOVA | Editor's Picks | Watch NOVAs online | To print PBS Online | NOVA Online | WGBH © | Updated October 2001