{
  "id": "russia-nonstrategic-nuclear",
  "name": "Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons",
  "aliases": [
    "Russian tactical nuclear weapons"
  ],
  "domain": "nuclear",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "Nuclear force component",
  "status": "active",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [
    "RUS"
  ],
  "summary": "About 1,794 nonstrategic warheads for naval, air, air-defense and ground forces, held in central storage.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "wh_assigned",
      "v": 1794,
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-rus-2026"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "delivery",
      "v": "Navy about 767 (Kalibr, Oniks, torpedoes, depth charges, anti-air); Air Force about 488 (Tu-22M3, Su-24M, Su-34, MiG-31K, Su-57); air and missile defense, coastal and ground forces (Iskander) make up the rest",
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-rus-2026"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "program",
      "v": "Belarus: Iskander launchers transferred and 10 Su-25s re-equipped; Asipovichy storage depot nearing completion (March 2026); no conclusive public evidence of warheads stored there",
      "src": [
        "fas-nn-rus-2026"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "nuclear",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "change": "Entry created from Russian nuclear weapons, 2026 (FAS Nuclear Notebook)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/russia-nonstrategic-nuclear.html",
  "sources": {
    "fas-nn-rus-2026": {
      "title": "Russian nuclear weapons, 2026",
      "publisher": "Federation of American Scientists Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists",
      "url": "https://thebulletin.org/premium/2026-05/russian-nuclear-weapons-2026/",
      "published": "2026-05-01",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}