Info on the net

I am amazed at the info / junk on the net. Just came across this site.. with shows a summary of countries with Nuclear Weapons Capabilities... isnt such stuff classified!!

ABM: Anti-Ballistic Missile;

ALCM: Air-Launched Cruise Missile;

DF: Dong Feng;

ICBM: Intercontinental Ballistic Missile;

IRBM: Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile;

JL: Julang;

LACM: Land-Attack Cruise Missile;

MRBM: Medium-Range Ballistic Missile;

SLBM: Sea-Launched Ballistic Missile;

SLCM: Sea-Launched Cruise Missile;

SRBM: Short-Range Ballistic Missile;

SSBN: Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile

Submarine; TD: Taepo Dong.

a) The B-1B bomber is no longer nuclear. It was officially removed from the SIOP in 1997, but retained in a Nuclear Rerole Plan until March 2003, when the Office of the Secretary of Defense directed the Air Force to discontinue the plan. The B-1B is no longer nuclear-capable.

b) The first Borey-class SSBN was launched in 2006 and might be entering operations in 2008 with the Bulava SLBM. A total of six Borey SSBNs are planned. Delta IVs are being upgraded to the modified SS-N-23 (Sineva). All but three of the original six Typhoon-class SSBNs have been retired. One has been converted to test launch platform for the SS-N-30 (Bulava) SLCM. The Borey will probably replaced Delta IIIs on a one-for-one basis.

c) The Pentagon declared in May 2007 that the DF-31 had achieved "initial threat capability" in 2006.

d) The first Jin-class (Type 094) was launched in 2004 and first spotted with commercial satellite images in July 2007. A second Jin-class SSBN has been launched and a third appears to be under construction. U.S. naval intelligence has projected that China might build five SSBNs if it wants to have a more permanent sea-based deterrent, and the DOD 2008 DOD report in March 2008 that Chinese forces by 2010 might include "up to five" Jin-class SSBNs.

e) The DOD reported in 2008 that 50-250 DH-10 have been deployed in air- and ground-based versions. Only a portion of the H-6 force, perhaps 30 aircraft, are estimated to have secondary nuclear mission. The H-6 is being modified to carry the DH-10. The Q-5 may no longer be nuclear-capable. There is no reliable information that newer tactical aircraft have been assigned nuclear role.

SOURCE

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/summary.htm

Maintained by Hans M. Kristensen