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Albert Einstein once said: "I do not know what weapons will be used in World War III, but in the fourth, it will be rocks!". And looking at the current situation in the world, you begin to believe in it more and more.

According to estimates, Russia has 508 deployed strategic delivery vehicles. There is a total of 1,796 nuclear weapons. The nearest competitor - the United States – has 1367 warheads on 681 vehicles. But, each deployed missile has more than one nuclear warhead.

Russia has the largest number of nuclear warheads in the world

Apart from nuclear units standing on duty, there is also a back-up, non-deployed warheads, including those which are in long-term storage. According to various estimates, there are around 6800"canned" warheads in Russia, while the United States have about 7600 pieces.

A maximum number of warheads in the Soviet Union in 1975 reached 46 thousand. For comparison: in the US in 1967 it was a maximum of 31 thousand warheads.

The basis of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces are Soviet missiles "Voevoda" and "Topol" and later "Topol-M", adopted in 1997. However, currently on duty, there are already more than 70 missiles RS-24 "Yars" of 2009 model. While the U.S. has only one type - LGM-30G Minuteman-3, the last of which was made in 1978. That is the "youngest" of the rockets and is now 38 years old.

Modern technologies allow to significantly increase the maximum flight range of intercontinental nuclear missiles. For example, most modern heavy liquid-fuel ICBM RS-28 "Sarmat", which is only now being tested and will go into service in 2018. The new rocket will not fly in a circular orbit, as usual, but on a suborbital trajectory. This means that you can launch the missile from anywhere in the world, even from the South Pole.

The missile system R-36M2 "Voevoda" is able to carry 10 individual warheads, each with a capacity of up to 750 kilotons. The radius of effectiveness for each warhead is 3000 kilometers. That is, almost the entire territory of the USA will be hit. And this is only one missile. There is a total of 46 now in service.

Experts estimate that in order to cause an unprecedented climatic effect, comparable to a small ice age, it would be enough if each of the two warring sides exploded about 50 warheads. And there is no doubt that if nuclear war begins, there will be much more than 50 warheads.

According to the new wording of the Nuclear Agreement, Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons whenever they feel threatened. Nuclear missiles can fly even if there is a threat to Russian allies. Even if the aggression against Russia is with conventional weapons.