Russia continues to maintain leadership in the field of nuclear weapons.

According to a report by the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), as of 2018, Russia was the leader in terms of the number of nuclear weapons, surpassing the United States, Britain, France, China and a number of other countries.

Considering open data, as of 2018, Russia possessed weapons with 6850 nuclear warheads, while the United States has only 6450 nuclear warheads, which is 6% less. Nevertheless, based on data from the same report, the United States The Americas have adopted a much larger number of warheads than Russia - 1750 versus 1600 units. For comparison, the third country in the number of nuclear weapons - France, has only 300 nuclear warheads, but the largest number of them (280 units - ed.), Is adopted.

It should be clarified that the data presented by the Stockholm Institute for Peace Studies is only approximate, since we are talking only about official data, and for a number of Russian missiles, including the Yars and Burgusin mobile complexes, there are no data at all.