nuclear warhead

Russia has around 4,380 operational nuclear warheads, according to the Federation of American Scientists, but only 1,700 are “deployed” or ready for use.

There was no claim by Ukraine that a nuclear warhead was on the missile.

Developing a nuclear warhead for their ballistic missiles might be on their agenda.

And there are concerns that if Iran can ride out an attack it will go for broke to produce a nuclear warhead for its missiles.

In a report published last year, the Pentagon estimated that China has more than 500 operational nuclear warheads in its arsenal, of which approximately 350 are ICBMs.