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Latest New START Release Breaks Down ICBM, SLBM, Bomber Types

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, July 5th, 2017

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Latest New START Release Breaks Down ICBM, SLBM, Bomber Types

An unarmed Minuteman III ICBM was test launched early Tuesday from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Photo: Air Force.

The State Department on Monday released additional details about the types of ballistic missiles, launchers, and bombers being counted under the latest New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) aggregate data.The treaty requires each country by next February to cap its nuclear arsenal at 700 deployed ICBMs, submarine-launched ballistic missiles SLBMs), and heavy bombers; 1,550 fielded strategic warheads; and 800 deployed and non-deployed long-range launchers.The latest aggregate numbers were initially released in April, with data declared as of March 1.…

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