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The information in the tables below is derived from official START I Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) exchanged by the parties to the START I treaty on 1 January and 1 July of each year. The numbers are declassified and released to the public four months after the exchange.

	Delta I	Delta II	Delta III	Delta IV	Typhoon	Yankee I	Yankee II	TOTAL:
9/90	18	4	14	7	6	12	1	62
12/94	15	4	13	7	6	2	0	47
7/96	12	4	13	7	6	1	0	43
1/97	12	3	13	7	6	1	0	42
7/97	12	3	13	7	6	1	0	42
1/98	12	3	13	7	6	1	0	42
7/98	11	3	13	7	6	1	0	41
7/99	8	1	12	7	6	0	0	34
7/00	4	0	11	7	5	0	0	27
7/01	3	0	7	7	5	0	0	22
7/02	2	0	7	6	5	0	0	20
7/03	1	0	7	6	5	0	0	19
7/04	0	0	7	6	5	0	0	18
7/05	0	0	6	6	5	0	0	17
1/06	0	0	6	6	4	0	0	16
1/07	0	0	6	6	4	0	0	16

	Delta I	Delta II	Delta III	Delta IV	Typhoon	Yankee I	Yankee II	Kasatka Project 995, Borey	TOTAL:
7/08	0	0	6	6	3	0	0	1	16

{Updated 3/2/99 SP; Updated 12/19/2000 MJ; Updated 4/4/2002 RG; Updated 3/12/2003 EMC; Updated 11/27/2007 PT; Updated 11/7/2008 SM.}

The above figures reflect START I counting rules, under which an SSBN is still counted until it has been dismantled, even though it may be inoperable.

SSBN Bases and START-Accountable Missiles (SLBMs)

Numbers listed are for SLBMs. The number of launchers may be higher.

Location	1/01/06	1/01/07	7/01/08
Nerpichya SS-N-20 n-d SS-N-20 RSM-56	41 on 3T (60 launchers) 0 n-d 0 on 1T (20 launchers)	33 on 3T (60 launchers) 0 n-d 0 on 1T (20 launchers)	21 on 2T (40 launchers) 0 n-d 0 on 1T (20 launchers)
Olenya SS-N-18	0	0	0
Ostrovnoy (SS-N-8 )	0	0	0
Pavlovskoye SS-N-6 SS-N-8 n-d SS-N-6 n-d SS-N-8 n-d SS-N-18	0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0
Rybachiy SS-N-6 SS-N-8 SS-N-18 n-d SS-N-6 n-d SS-N-8 n-d SS-N-18	0 0 56 on 4 DIII (64 launchers) 0 0 0	0 0 55 on 4 DIII (64 launchers) 0 0 17	0 0 54 on 4 DIII (64 launchers) 0 0 0
Yagelnaya SS-N-6 SS-N-8 on DI SS-N-8 on DII SS-N-17 SS-N-18 SS-N-23 RSM-56 n-d SS-N-6 n-d SS-N-18 n-d SS-N-23	0 0 0 0 29 on 2 DIII (32 launchers) 96 on 6 DIV (96 launchers)	0 0 0 0 28 on 2 DIII (32 launchers) 90 on 6 DIV (96 launchers)	0 0 0 0 27 on 2 DIII 96 on 6 DIV 0 on 1 Kasatka (Project 955, Borey class) (16 launchers)

Location	7/1/00	7/1/01	7/31/02	7/31/03	1/31/04	7/31/04	7/01/05
Nerpichya SS-N-20 n-d SS-N-20 RSM-56	79 on 5T	69 on 5T	67 on 5T	67 on 5T	58 on 5T	54 on 5T	45 on 4T 18 n-d 0 on 1T*
Olenya SS-N-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ostrovnoy (SS-N-8 )	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pavlovskoye SS-N-6 SS-N-8 n-d SS-N-6 n-d SS-N-8 n-d SS-N-18	0 12 on 1 DI 0 59 0	0 12 on 1 DI 0 43 7	0 12 on 1 DI 0 1 0	0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0
Rybachiy SS-N-6 SS-N-8 SS-N-18 n-d SS-N-6 n-d SS-N-8 n-d SS-N-18	0 12 on 1 DI 143 on 9 DIII 0 0 0	0 0 96 on 5 DIII(6) 0 0 17	0 0 80 on 5 DIII 0 0 0	0 0 80 on 5 DIII 0 0 0	0 0 80 on 5 DIII 0 0 0	0 0 71 on 5 DIII 0 0 0	0 0 64 on 5 DIII 0 0 0
Yagelnaya SS-N-6 SS-N-8 on DI SS-N-8 on DII SS-N-17 SS-N-18 SS-N-23 n-d SS-N-6 n-d SS-N-18 n-d SS-N-23	0 24 on 2 DI 0 0 48 on 2 DIII(5) 112 on 7 DIV	0 24 on 2 DI 0 0 32 on 2 DIII 112 on 7 DIV	0 12 on 1 DI 0 0 32 on 2 DIII 96 on 6 DIV 3	0 12 on 1 DI 0 0 32 on 2 DIII 96 on 6 DIV	0 12 on 1 DI 0 0 32 on 2 DIII 96 on 6 DIV	0 0 0 0 32 on 2 DIII 96 on 6 DIV	0 0 0 0 32 on 2 DIII 96 on 6 DIV

Location	9/90	12/94	7/1/96	1/1/97	7/1/97	1/1/98	7/1/98	7/1/99
Nerpichya SS-N-20 n-d SS-N-20 RSM-56	120 on 6T	120 on 6T	120 on 6T	120 on 6T	102 on 6T 18 n-d	82 on 6T	82 on 6T	82 on 6T
Olenya SS-N-18	32 on 2 DIII	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ostrovnoy (SS-N-8 )	108 on 9 DI	84 on 6 DI	36 on 3 DI	36 on 3 DI	36 on 3 DI	36 on 3 DI	36 on 3 DI	0
Pavlovskoye SS-N-6 SS-N-8 n-d SS-N-6 n-d SS-N-8 n-d SS-N-18	48 on 3YI 72 on 6 DI 83 85 5	0 72 on 6 DI 59	0 60 on 5 DI 55 17 21	0 60 on 5 DI 55 6 32	0 60 on 5 DI 55 17 18	0 60 on 5 DI 55 14 18	0 60 on 5 DI 55 14 16	0 48 on 4 DI 0 26 13
Rybachiy SS-N-6 SS-N-8 SS-N-18 n-d SS-N-6 n-d SS-N-8 n-d SS-N-18	48 on 3 YI 36 on 3 DI 144 on 9 DIII 56 40 142	32 on 2 YI 36 on 3 DI 144 on 9 DIII 10 0 40	16 on 1 YI 24 on 2 DI 144 on 9 DIII 10 0 19	16 on 1 YI 24 on 2 DI 144 on 9 DIII 10 0 4	16 on 1 YI 24 on 2 DI 144 on 9 DIII 10 0 20	16 on 1 YI 24 on 2 DI 144 on 9 DIII 10 0 17	16 on 1 YI 24 on 2 DI 144 on 9 DIII 10 0 11	0 24 on 2 DI 144 on 9 DIII 0 0 0
Yagelnaya SS-N-6 SS-N-8 on DI SS-N-8 on DII SS-N-17 SS-N-18 SS-N-23 n-d SS-N-6 n-d SS-N-18 n-d SS-N-23	96 on 6 YI 0 64 on 4 DII 12 on 1 YII 48 on 3 DIII 0 3 14 31	0 0 64 on 4 DII 0 64 on 4 DIII 112 on 7 DIV 5	0 24 on 2 DI 64 on 4 DII 0 64 on 4 DIII 112 on 7 DIV 6 3	0 24 on 2 DI 48 on 3 DII 0 64 on 4 DIII 112 on 7 DIV 1	0 24 on 2 DI 48 on 3 DII 0 64 on 4 DIII 112 on 7 DIV	0 24 on 2 DI 48 on 3 DII 0 64 on 4 DIII 112 on 7 DIV	0 24 on 2 DI 48 on 3 DII 0 64 on DIII 112 on 7 DIV	0 24 on 2 DI 16 on 1 DII(3) 0 64 on 3 DIII(4) 112 on 7 DIV

* only have deployed launchers
(1) DI=Delta I; DII=Delta II; DIII=Delta III; DIV=Delta IV; T=Typhoon; YI=Yankee I; YII=Yankee II
(2) n-d = non-deployed
(3) According to the 7/1/99 MOU an additional 16 deployed SS-N-8 SLBMs are associated with submarines still classified as "deployed launchers" located at the conversion or elimination facility for launchers of SLBMs "NERPA" ship repair plant, Murmansk.
(4) According to the 7/1/99 MOU, 16 of the 64 deployed SS-N-18 SLBMs are associated with submarines still classified as "deployed launchers" located at the Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (Sevmash) in Severodvinsk, which is classified by START I as an SLBM launcher conversion or elimination facility.
(5) According to the 7/1/00 MOU, the 48 deployed SS-N-18 SLBMs include 16 associated with submarines still classified as "deployed launchers" located at the Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (Sevmash) in Severodvinsk, which is classified by START I as an SLBM launcher conversion or elimination facility.
(6) According to the 7/31/01 MOU, 16 of the 96 deployed SS-N-18 SLBMs are associated with submarines still classified as "deployed launchers" located at the Kamchatka Shipyard in Vilyuchinsk, Kamchatskaya oblast, which is classified by START I as an SLBM launcher conversion or elimination facility.
(7) According to the 1/1/06 MOU, there were two non-deployed SS-N-23 SLBMs at Okolnaya Storage Facility.
(8) According to the 1/1/06 MOU, there were 20 deployed SS-N-20 launchers located at the Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (Sevmash) in Severodvinsk, which is listed in the MOU as a "production combine."
(9) According to the 7/1/08 MOU, there was 1 non-deployed SS-N-23 SLBM at the Krasnoyarsk Machine Building Plant in Krasnoyarsk.
(10) According to the 7/1/08 MOU, there were 20 deployed SS-N-20 launchers located at the Sever Production Combine in Severodvinsk, which is classified as an SLBM launcher conversion or elimination facility.
[All data are from the official START I Memorandum of Understanding for the indicated date.] {Updated 4/4/2002 RG; Updated 3/12/2003 EMC; Updated 11/29/2007 PT; Updated 11/7/2008 SM.}

Total START-Accountable Deployed SLBMS

This table counts actual missiles deployed.

	SS-N-6	SS-N-8	SS-N-17	SS-N-18	SS-N-20	SS-N-23	RSM-56	Total
9/90	192	280	12	224	120	112		940
12/94	32	256	0	208	120	112		728
1/1/96	16	232	0	208	120	112		688
7/1/96	16	208	0	208	120	112		664
1/1/97	16	192	0	208	120	112		648
7/1/97	16	192	0	208	120	112		630
1/1/98	16	192	0	208	82	112		610
7/1/98	16	192	0	208	82	112		610
7/1/99	0	128	0	208	82	112		530
7/1/00	0	48*	0	191	79	112		430
7/31/01	0	36	0	128**	69	112		345
7/31/02	0	24	0	112	67	96		299
7/31/03	0	12	0	112	67	96		287
1/31/04	0	12	0	112	58	96		278
7/31/04	0	0	0	103	54	96		253
7/1/05	0	0	0	96	45	96	0	237
1/1/06	0	0	0	85	41	96	0	222
1/1/07	0	0	0	83	33	90	0	206
7/1/08	0	0	0	81	21	96	0	198

Some SLBMs have been eliminated through a "launch-to-destroy" program, see the entries in the SSBN Developments file for more information.
* 16 out of the total of 48 deployed SS-N-8 SLBMs are associated with deployed launchers located at the Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (Sevmash) in Severodvinsk, which is classified by START I as an SLBM launcher conversion or elimination facility.
** 16 out of the total 128 deployed SS-N-18 SLBMs are associated with deployed launchers located at the Kamchatka Shipyard in Vilyuchinsk, Kamchatskaya oblast, which is classified by START I as an SLBM launcher conversion or elimination facility.
["START I Aggregate Numbers Of Strategic Offensive Arms," ACDA Factsheet, 4/2/96; 10/2/96; 4/1/97, 11/1/97, 4/1/98, and START I MOU for 7/1/99, 7/1/2000 and 7/31/2001.] {Updated 4/4/2002 RG; Updated 3/12/2003 EMC; Updated 11/27/2007 PT; Updated 11/7/2008 SM.}

Total START-Accountable Deployed SLBM Launchers and Warheads

This table counts launchers and the warheads attributed to them. An SLBM launcher is the launch tube on a submarine, and may or may not contain an SLBM. Thus, even if all SLBMs have been removed from an SSBN, the SSBN's launchers will still be counted in this table.

	SLBM Launchers	Warheads
9/90	940	2,804
12/94	728	2,560
1/1/96	688	2,520
7/1/96	664	2,496
1/1/97	664	2,496
7/1/97	648	2,480
1/1/98	648	2,480
7/1/98	648	2,480
7/1/99	568*	2,400
7/1/00	472**	2,272
7/31/01	376***	1,868
7/31/02	332****	1,744
7/31/03	320	1,732
1/31/04	320	1,732
7/31/04	308	1,720
7/1/05	292	1,472
1/1/06	292	1,592
1/1/07	272	1,392
7/1/08	288	1,488

* There are a total of 530 deployed SLBMs.
**There are a total of 430 deployed SLBMs.
***There are a total of 345 deployed SLBMs.
****There are a total of 299 deployed SLBMs.
["START I Aggregate Numbers Of Strategic Offensive Arms," ACDA Factsheet, 4/2/96; 10/2/96; 4/1/97, 11/1/97, 4/1/98, and START I MOU for 7/1/99, 7/1/2000 and 7/31/2001.]{Updated 2/22/00 EV; Updated 12/19/2000 MJ; Updated 4/4/2002 RG; Updated 3/12/2003 EMC; Updated 11/27/2007 PT; Updated 11/7/2008 SM.}

Last updated 7 November 2008
Comments or questions? E-mail Nikolai Sokov: nsokovATmiis.edu.

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