Russia began working on new strategic weapons systems in the early 2000s, immediately after the United States withdrew from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty – the first major strategic treaty between the nuclear superpowers which Washington would unilaterally rip up over the next two decades.
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Russia’s nuclear arsenal includes a stockpile of approximately 4,489 warheads with 1,674 strategic warheads deployed on ballistic missiles and at heavy bomber bases, while an approximate additional 999 strategic warheads along with 1,816 nonstrategicwarheads are held in reserve. The Russian arsenal continues its broad modernization intended to replace most Soviet-era weapons by the late-2020s.
Russia has announced yet again the deployment of its RS-28 Sarmat nuclear missile, better known as “Satan-2," even though it just failed its test launch.