List of Nuclear Weapons - Soviet Union/Russia

Soviet Union/Russia

At the peak of its arsenal, Russia possessed around 16,000 nuclear weapons in its stockpile, rivaled only by the United States arsenal.

  • Tests
    • Joe-1
  • Torpedoes
    • 53-58 torpedo with 10 kiloton RDS-9 warhead
    • VA-111 Shkval
  • Bombs
    • RDS-1, 22 kiloton bomb. Tested 29 August 1949 as "First Light" (Joe 1). Total of 5 stockpiled
    • RDS-2, 38 kiloton bomb. Tested 24 September 1951 as "Second Light." The RDS-2 was an entirely Russian design, delayed by development of the RDS-1
    • RDS-3, 42 kiloton bomb. First Soviet bomb tested in an airdrop on 18 October 1951. First 'mass produced" Soviet bomb
    • RDS-3I, 62 kiloton bomb. Tested 24 October 1954. The RDS-31 was an improved RDS-3 with external neutron generator
    • RDS-4, "Tatyana" 42 kiloton bomb. The RDS-4 was smaller and lighter than previous Soviet Bombs.
    • RDS-6, also known as RDS-6S, or "sloika" or 'layer cake" gaining about 20% of its yield from fusion. RDS-6 was tested on 12 August 1953. Yield 400 kilotons
    • RDS-7, a backup for the RDS-6, the RDS-7 was a 500 kiloton all fission bomb comparable to the US Mk-18, development dropped after success of the RDS-6S
    • RDS-27, 250 kiloton bomb, a 'boosted' fission bomb tested 6 November 1955.
    • RDS-37, 1.6 megaton bomb, the first Soviet two-stage hydrogen bomb, tested 22 November 1955
    • RDS-220 Tsar Bomba an extremely large three stage bomb, initially designed as a 100-megaton-bomb, but was scaled down to 50 megatons for testing.
  • ICBM Missiles
    • RDS-9, 40 kiloton warhead for R-5M MRBM (SS-3)
    • RDS-37 3 megaton warhead for R7 Semyorka / SS-6 ICBM
    • RDS-46 5 megaton warhead for R-7A Semyorka / SS-6 ICBM
    • 8F17 3 megaton warhead for R-16 / SS-7 ICBM
    • 8F115 and 8F116 5-6 megaton warhead for R-16 / SS-7 ICBM
    • Unknown model warheads for R-9 / SS-8 Sasin ICBM
    • 15F42 1.2 megaton warhead for UR 100U / SS-11 Mod 3 Sego ICBM
    • Unknown model 750 kiloton to 1.0 megaton warhead for RT-2 / SS-13 Mod 1 Savage ICBM
    • 15F1r 750 kiloton to 1.65 megaton warhead for RT-2 / SS-13 Mod 2 Savage ICBM
    • Unknown model 466 kiloton warhead for RT-2 / SS-13 Mod 3 Savage ICBM
    • Unknown model 500 kiloton warhead for RT-20 / SS-15 Scrooge ICBM
    • Unknown model 1.5 megaton warhead for RT-20 / SS-15 Scrooge ICBM
    • Unknown model 650 kiloton to 1.5 megaton warheads for RT-21 Temp 2S SS-16 Sinner ICBM
    • Unknown model 300-750 kiloton warheads for MR-UR-100 Sotka / SS-17 Spanker Mod 1 ICBM
    • Unknown model 4-6 megaton warhead for MR-UR-100 Sotka / SS-17 Spanker Mod 2 ICBM
    • 8F675 (Mod2) 20 megaton warhead for R-36M2 / SS-18 Satan ICBM
    • 8F021 2 or 5 megaton warheads for R-36MP / SS-18 Satan ICBM (3 MIRV warheads)
    • unknown 550 kiloton warheads for R-36M2 / SS-18 Satan ICBM (10 MIRV warheads)
    • Unknown model 750 kiloton warheads for R-36M2 / SS-18 Satan ICBM (10 MIRV warheads)
    • Unknown model 550 kiloton warheads for UR-100N / SS-19 Mod 1 Stilleto ICBM (6 MIRV warheads)
    • Unknown model 2.5-5 megaton warhead for UR-100N / SS-19 Mod 2 Stilleto ICBM
    • Unknown model 550 kiloton warheads for RT-23 Molodets / SS-24 Scalpel ICBM (10 MIRV warheads)
    • Unknown model 550 kiloton warhead for RT-2PM Topol / SS-25 Sickle ICBM
    • Unknown model 550 kiloton warhead for RT-2UTTH Topol M / SS-27 ICBM
  • Various tactical nuclear weapons including "suitcase bombs"

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