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START I Weapons on Territory
ICBM Designations/Number of Warheads
ICBM Bases and Deployed Launchers
START-Accountable Launchers & Warheads
ACLM Designations/Number of Warheads
Heavy Bomber Bases
Total Deployed Bombers & Warheads

All nuclear warheads were removed from Ukraine as of 6/1/96. ICBMs and silos are still being dismantled.
[Ustina Markus, "Last Nuclear Weapons Removed From Ukraine," OMRI Daily Digest, 6/3/96.]

START I MOU TABLES:  WEAPONS ON TERRITORY
[Unless otherwise cited, the information contained in this section is derived either from Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) exchanged by Ukraine and the US under the terms of the START I Treaty.  This information is exchange twice a year, on the first of January and the first of July.  The MOUs are made public four months after the exchange of information.]

ICBM DESIGNATIONS/NUMBER OF WARHEADS

UNITED STATES DESIGNATION USSR/RUSSIA  WARHEADS
SS-19 Stilletto 
(silo-launched, liquid fueled) 
 RS-18   6 
SS-24 Scalpel 
(silo-launched, solid fueled)
 RS-22   10

ICBM BASES AND DEPLOYED LAUNCHERS
Pervomaysk
9/90 MOU 40 SS-19 
46 SS-24
12/94 MOU 40 SS-19
46 SS-24  
1/1/96 MOU* 38 SS-19
46 SS-24
7/1/96  MOU SS-19: 37 launchers, 0 ICBMs 
SS-24: 46 launchers, 46 ICBMs
1/1/97 MOU  SS-19: 19 launchers, 0 ICBMs  
SS-24: 46 launchers, 46 ICBMs
7/1/97 MOU SS-19: 19 launchers, 0 ICBMs  
SS-24: 46 launchers, 46 ICBMs
1/1/98  MOU  SS-19: 0 launchers, 0 ICBMs  
SS-24: 46 launchers, 46 ICBMs
7/1/98 MOU SS-19: 0 launchers, 0 ICBMs 
SS-24: 46 launchers, 46 ICBMs
7/31/01 MOU SS-19: 0 launchers, 0 ICBMs 
SS-24: 13 launchers, 4 ICBMs
7/31/02 MOU SS-19: 0 launchers, 0 ICBMs 
SS-24: 0 launchers, 0 ICBMs
Khmelnytskyy
9/90 MOU 90 SS-19 
3 SS-11 **
12/94 MOU 90 SS-19  
1/1/96 MOU* 90 SS-19
7/1/96  MOU SS-19: 90 launchers, 50 ICBMs 
3 SS-11 launchers**
1/1/97 MOU  SS-19: 50 launchers, 45 ICBMs
7/1/97 MOU SS-19: 45 launchers, 27 ICBMs
1/1/98  MOU  SS-19: 20 launchers, 10 ICBMs
7/1/98 MOU SS-19: 9 launchers, 9 ICBMs
7/31/01 MOU SS-19: 0 launchers, 0 ICBMs 
7/31/02 MOU SS-19: 0 launchers, 0 ICBMs 

*As of 6/1/96, all nuclear warheads were withdrawn to Russia for dismantlement in accordance with the Trilateral Statement. The heavy bombers have not been dismantled or transferred to Russia, and these bombers remain on the books until they are destroyed.  Their attributed warheads also remain start-accountable (at a level of approximately 352), even though no warheads are deployed.  The cruise missiles for the bombers apparently remain in Ukraine, albeit without warheads.

START-ACCOUNTABLE LAUNCHERS & WARHEADS

9/90 MOU

130 SS-19
46 SS-24 
176 ICBMs
1240 Warheads

12/94 MOU

130 SS-19
46 SS-24 
176 ICBMs
240 Warheads

1/1/96 MOU*

128 SS-19
46 SS-24 
174 ICBMs
1228 Warheads

7/1/96  MOU 127 SS-19
46 SS-24
173 ICBMs
1222 Warheads
1/1/97 MOU  69 SS-19
46 SS-24
115 ICBMs
874 Warheads
7/1/97 MOU

64 SS-19
46 SS-24
110 ICBMs
844 Warheads

1/1/98  MOU 

20 SS-19
46 SS-24
66 ICBMs
580 Warheads

7/1/98 MOU

9 SS-19
46 SS-24
55 ICBMs
514 Warheads

7/31/01 MOU

0 SS-19
13 SS-24
13 ICBMs
130 Warheads

For START I purposes, a launcher is counted until the destruction of the silo is complete, even though the silo may be empty and the missile deactivated.

*As of 6/1/96, all nuclear warheads were transferred to Russia for dismantlement in accordance with the Trilateral Statement.

ALCM DESIGNATIONS/NUMBER OF WARHEADS

UNITED STATES  USSR/RUSSIA  WARHEADS
 AS-15A Kent   Kh-55   1
 AS-15B Kent   Kh-65   1


AS-15A ALCMs are launched from Bear H6 (up to 6 ALCMs) and are also launched from Bear H16 (up to 10 ALCMs). AS-15B ALCMs are launched from Tu-160 Blackjack heavy bombers (up to 12 ALCMs). 

HEAVY BOMBER BASES
Uzin

9/90 MOU 21 Bear H16 (Tu-95MS) 
1 Bear A  
1 Bear B
12/94 MOU 20 Bear H16 
5 Bear H6 
1 Bear A  
1 Bear B 
1/1/96 MOU* 20 Bear H16  
4 Bear H6
1 Bear A
7/1/96  MOU 20 Bear H16 
4 Bear H6  
1 Bear A
1/1/97 MOU  20 Bear H16  
4 Bear H6     
1 Bear A
7/1/97 MOU 20 Bear H16  
4 Bear H6  
1 Bear A
1/1/98  MOU  20 Bear H16  
4 Bear H6 
1Bear A
7/1/98 MOU 20 Bear H16 
4 Bear H6    
1 Bear A
7/31/01 MOU 0 Bear H16 
0 Bear H6    
0 Bear A

Pryluky

9/90 MOU 13 Blackjack (Tu-160) 
12/94 MOU 19 Blackjack 
1/1/96 MOU 90 SS-19
7/1/96  MOU SS-19: 90 launchers, 50 ICBMs 
3 SS-11 launchers**
1/1/97 MOU  SS-19: 50 launchers, 45 ICBMs
7/1/97 MOU SS-19: 45 launchers, 27 ICBMs
1/1/98  MOU  SS-19: 20 launchers, 10 ICBMs
7/1/98 MOU SS-19: 9 launchers, 9 ICBMs
7/31/01 MOU SS-19: 0 launchers, 0 ICBMs 
7/31/02 MOU SS-19: 0 launchers, 0 ICBMs 

TOTAL DEPLOYED BOMBERS & WARHEADS

MOU HEAVY BOMBERS WARHEADS
9/90 MOU

36

368

12/94 MOU

46

354

1/1/96 MOU

44

352

6/1/96  MOU*

44

0

7/1/96 MOU* 

44

0

1/1/98  MOU 

44

0

7/1/98 MOU

44

0

7/31/01 MOU

44

  
*As of 6/1/96, all nuclear warheads were withdrawn to Russia for dismantlement in accordance with the Trilateral Statement. The heavy bombers have not been dismantled or transferred to Russia, and these bombers remain on the books until they are destroyed.  Their attributed warheads also remain start-accountable (at a level of approximately 352), even though no warheads are deployed.  The cruise missiles for the bombers apparently remain in Ukraine, albeit without warheads.

 

Updated April 2005



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