Russian Nuclear Forces 2010: “The latest overview of Russia’s nuclear forces produced by Robert Norris from NRDC and Hans M. Kristensen is now available on the website of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. We estimate that Russia currently (January 2010) deploys approximately 4,600 nuclear weapons, down from roughly 4,800 a year ago. The arsenal includes some 2,600 strategic warheads and about 2,000 warheads for nonstrategic forces. Another 7,300 weapons are thought to be in reserve or awaiting dismantlement for a total inventory of approximately 12,000 nuclear warheads. We estimate the weapons are stored at 48 permanent storage sites.”