2007-03-29 14:58:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Around 260, not counting the US nukes located on bases in the UK. You may as well see the rest of the global stockpiles:
US strategic 9,170
US non-strategic 1,225
Russian strategic 7,622
Russian non-strat. 5,100
France 450
China 400
Israel 100-150?
India 70
Pakistan 44
Korea ??
Iran, operational by 2012 at their current rate of development
There are also just under 15,000 inactive but intact US and Russian nuclear warheads which await destruction.
2007-03-29 16:09:22 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Probably about 165 to 200 this puts them behind France at #4 nuclear power, and about the same as India (we think).
They have 4 Vanguard Class Submarines
Vanguard (S28)
Victorious (S29)
Vigilant (S30)
Vengeance (S31)
Not all of them are on patrol at any one time.
Each has 16 missile tubes capable of firing Trident II (D5) missiles. These are not relaodable at sea, so each boat has 16 missiles.
Each missile can carry up to 8 Multiple Independently targetable Re-entry Vehicle, or MIRV. That means up to 8 bombs per missile... but not all missiles will have the full 8 warheads on them. Some may have only one warhead, some more. They do this to provide as much flexability into the system as possible.
Each warhead is, incidentally, capable of different explosive power...(they called this "dial a nuke" at one time). The warheads are built so you can have different yields out of them depending on how much of the "physics package" you detonate.
Bottom line, the UK could probably have 50 nuclear warheads detonating over Iran in less than 30 min if they REALLY wanted to.
2007-03-29 15:33:05 · answer #2 · answered by Larry R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
666 nukes with 999 warheads at 23 sites LOL!
2007-03-29 15:25:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is believed that they have about 200 warheads.
The US maintains a current arsenal of around 9,960 intact warheads, of which 5,735 are considered active or operational
2007-03-29 15:08:49 · answer #4 · answered by Rich C 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
One nuke is too many. No nukes is good nukes.
2007-03-29 15:16:51 · answer #5 · answered by Slartibartfast 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wasn't aware that they had any; they aren't generally considered part of the nuclear "club."
2007-03-29 15:06:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like many countries..............2 many!
None would be the best number!
2007-03-29 15:02:03 · answer #7 · answered by snapdragon747 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not too many, they rely in our arsenal..no?..âº
2007-03-29 15:41:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One would probably be enough, don't you think.
2007-03-29 15:05:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't know, they didn't call back.
2007-03-29 15:03:25 · answer #10 · answered by For_Gondor! 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋