{{Short description|none}} {{Nuclear weapons}} The following list of nuclear triads, deployed in 2024, includes all five countries known to possess them (United States, Russia, China, India and Pakistan). Where available, the names and number of nuclear warheads are given. The list excludes non-strategic (tactical) nuclear weapons.
The United States and Russia, previously Soviet Union, have been wielding their nuclear triads since the 1960s. Pakistan completed its nuclear triad in 2017,<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/pakistan-enters-nuke-triad-club|title=Pakistan enters nuke triad club |publisher=Lowy Institute|author=Emanuel Sarfraz| date=11 January 2017 | accessdate =30 March 2026}}</ref> India in 2018<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/indias-second-nuclear-powered-submarine-ins-arighaat-commissioned/article68581283.ece|title=INS Arighaat, India’s second nuclear ballistic missile submarine, commissioned into service |work=The Hindu| author=Dinakar Peri| accessdate =26 October 2024}}</ref> and China in 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://chinapower.csis.org/china-nuclear-weapons/|title=How is China Modernizing its Nuclear Forces?|publisher=Center for Strategic and International Studies| accessdate =26 October 2024}}</ref>
==United States== {{see|Nuclear weapons of the United States}} {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Land ! Weapon ! Type ! Warhead ! Number of warheads ! Delivery |- |LGM-30G Minuteman III |ICBM |W78 / W87<ref name="nmh">{{cite web | url =https://www.acq.osd.mil/ncbdp/nm/NMHB2020rev/chapters/chapter3.html|title=Nuclear Delivery Systems|work=Nuclear Matters Handbook|publisher=Acquisition & Sustainment Office of the Under Secretary of Defense| date=2020| accessdate =24 October 2024}}</ref> |400<ref name="defense">{{cite web | url =https://www.war.gov/Multimedia/Experience/Americas-Nuclear-Triad/|title=America’s Nuclear Triad|publisher=Department of Defense| date=| access-date =24 October 2024}}</ref>{{efn|If authorized by the President, Minuteman III could carry up to two additional warheads.<ref name="nmh"/>}} |Ground silo |}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Sea ! Weapon ! Type ! Warhead ! Number of warheads ! Delivery |- |Trident II D5 |SLBM |W76-0/1/2, W88<ref name="nmh"/> | 1920<ref name="rbk">{{cite web | url =https://www.rbc.ru/politics/25/11/2023/655f958a9a7947b548382147|title=Каким ядерным оружием обладают западные страны|publisher=RBK Group| language=Russian|date=25 November 2023| accessdate =25 October 2024}}</ref>{{efn|Of them 1511 W76-1, 384 W88 and 25 W76-2.<ref name="rbk"/>}} |''Ohio''-class submarines |}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Air ! Weapon ! Type ! Warhead ! Delivery |- |AGM-86B/C/D |ALCM |W80-1<ref name="nmh"/> |B-52H Stratofortress |- |B61-7/11, B83-1 |Unguided bomb |{{n/a}} |B-2A Spirit |}
==Russia== {{see|Nuclear weapons of Russia}} {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Land ! Weapon ! Type ! Number of warheads ! Delivery |- |RS-24 Yars |ICBM |772<ref name="rbc">{{cite web | url =https://www.rbc.ru/politics/05/12/2023/656dd0409a794774eb6ac706|title=Какое ядерное оружие есть у России и США. Инфографика |publisher=RBK Group| language=Russian|date=5 December 2023| accessdate =24 October 2024}}</ref> |Ground silo / transporter erector launcher |- |RS-20V Voyevoda{{efn|Expected to be replaced by RS-28 Sarmat.}} |ICBM |340<ref name="rbc"/> |Ground silo |- |RT-2PM2 Topol-M |ICBM |78<ref name="rbc"/> |Ground silo / transporter erector launcher |- |Avangard missile complex |ICBM |7<ref name="rbc"/> |Ground silo |}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Sea ! Weapon ! Type ! Number of warheads ! Delivery |- |RSM-56 Bulava |SLBM |576<ref name="rbc"/> |''Borei''-class submarines |- |R-29RMU Sineva / Layner |SLBM |320<ref name="rbc"/> |Delta-III and Delta IV-class submarines |}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Air ! Weapon ! Type ! Number of warheads ! Delivery |- |Kh-55, Kh-102 |ALCM |448<ref name="rbc"/> |Tupolev Tu-95MS |- |Kh-55, Kh-102 |ALCM |132<ref name="rbc"/> |Tupolev Tu-160 |}
==India== {{see|Nuclear weapons of India}} {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Land ! Weapon ! Type ! Number of warheads ! Delivery |- |Agni-I |SRBM |~20<ref name="BAS">{{cite journal | url =https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00963402.2018.1533162?needAccess=true&page=3|author=Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda|title=Indian nuclear forces, 2018|journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists| volume=74|issue=6|date=2018| accessdate =25 October 2024}}</ref> |Transporter erector launcher / rail mobile |- |Agni-II |SRBM |~8<ref name="BAS"/> |Transporter erector launcher |- |Agni-III |IRBM |~8<ref name="BAS"/> |Transporter erector launcher / rail mobile |- |Agni-IV |IRBM |{{n/a}} |Transporter erector launcher/ rail mobile |- |Agni-V |ICBM |{{n/a}} |Transporter erector launcher / rail mobile |- |Prithvi-II |SRBM |~24<ref name="BAS"/> |Transporter erector launcher |- |}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Sea ! Weapon ! Type ! Number of warheads ! Delivery |- | Dhanush | ShLBM | ~4<ref name="BAS"/> |''Sukanya''-class patrol vessels |- |Sagarika (K-15) |SLBM |12<ref name="BAS"/> |INS ''Arihant'', INS Arighaat |- |K-4 |SLBM |— |INS Arighaat, INS Aridhaman |- |K-5 |SLBM |— |INS Arisudan, S5 Class Submarines |}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Air ! Weapon ! Type ! Number of warheads ! Delivery |- |Classified 20-kt bomb |Unguided bomb |~16<ref name="BAS"/> |Dassault Mirage 2000H |- |? |Unguided and laser guided bombs |~32<ref name="BAS"/> |SEPECAT Jaguar |}
== Pakistan == {{see|Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+Land<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Kristensen |first=Hans M. |last2=Korda |first2=Matt |last3=Johns |first3=Eliana |last4=Knight-Boyle |first4=Mackenzie |date=2025-09-03 |title=Pakistan nuclear weapons, 2025 |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/00963402.2025.2543685 |journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists |volume=81 |issue=5 |pages=386–408 |doi=10.1080/00963402.2025.2543685 |issn=0096-3402}}</ref> !Weapon !Type !Number of warheads !Delivery |- |Nasr |SRBM |24 |Transporter erector launcher |- |Abdali-I |SRBM |10 |Transporter erector launcher |- |Ghaznavi |SRBM |16 |Transporter erector launcher |- |Shaheen-I |SRBM |16 |Transporter erector launcher |- |Shaheen-II |MRBM |24 |Transporter erector launcher |- |Shaheen-III |MRBM | — |Transporter erector launcher |- |Ghauri |MRBM |24 |Transporter erector launcher |- |Ababeel |MRBM |24 |Transporter erector launcher |- |Babur-1 |GLCM |12 |Transporter erector launcher |} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+Sea<ref name=":0" /> !Weapon !Type !Number of warheads !Delivery |- |Babur-III |SLCM | — |''Agosta''-class submarine |} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |+Air<ref name=":0" /> !Weapon !Type !Number of warheads !Delivery |- |Ra'ad |ALCM | rowspan="2" |36 |Dassault Mirage III/V |- |Ra'ad-II |ALCM |Dassault Mirage III/V |}
==China== {{see|Nuclear weapons of China}} {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Land ! Weapon ! Type ! Number of warheads ! Delivery |- |DF-5A |ICBM |6<ref name="thebulletin">{{cite web | url =https://thebulletin.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/rbul_a_2295206_t0001_withnotes.pdf|title=Chinese nuclear weapons, 2024|author= Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, Eliana Johns, Mackenzie Knight|work=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists| date=15 January 2024| accessdate =26 October 2024}}</ref> |Ground silo |- |DF-5B |ICBM |60<ref name="thebulletin"/> |Ground silo |- |DF-21A/E |MRBM |? |Mobile launcher |- |DF-26 |IRBM |108<ref name="thebulletin"/> |Mobile launcher |- |DF-31 |ICBM |? |Ground silo / transporter erector launcher |- |DF-31A |ICBM |24<ref name="thebulletin"/> | |- |DF-31AG |ICBM |64<ref name="thebulletin"/> |Mobile launcher |- |DF-41 |ICBM |84<ref name="thebulletin"/> |Ground silo / transporter erector launcher, rail mobile |- |}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Sea ! Weapon ! Type ! Number of warheads ! Delivery |- |JL-2, JL-3 |SLBM |0 (for the JL-2), 72 (for the JL-3)<ref name="thebulletin"/> |Type 094 submarines |}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Air ! Weapon ! Type ! Number of warheads ! Delivery |- | DF-21{{efn|Reportedly, China also possesses CJ-10K and CJ-20 nuclear-capable ALCMs, as well as nuclear-capable YJ-21 ALBM delivered by Xi'an H-6K bomber.<ref>{{cite journal | url =https://nipp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Analysis-Schneider-4.3.pdf|title=China's nuclear delivery vehicles|author=Mark B. Schneider|journal=Journal of Policy & Strategy|volume=4|issue=3|publisher=National Institute for Public Policy| accessdate =26 October 2024}}</ref>}} | ALBM |10<ref name="thebulletin"/> |Xi'an H-6N |- |? |Unguided bomb |10<ref name="thebulletin"/> |Xi'an H-6K |}
==See also== *List of states with nuclear weapons
==Notes== {{notes}}
==References== {{reflist}}
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