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Table of US Strategic Offensive Force Loadings
1945-75 | 1976-2012

End Year	ICBMs		SLBMs		Bombers		Total
	Launchers	Warheads	Launchers	Warheads	Launchers	Warheads	Launchers	Warheads
1976	1,054	2,144	656	5,104	382	3,850	2,092	11,098
1977	1,054	2,144	656	5,216	382	3,834	2,092	11,194
1978	1,054	2,144	656	5,440	376	3,568	2,086	11,152
1979	1,054	2,144	656	5,376	376	3,568	2,086	11,088
1980	1,054	2,144	592	5,056	376	3,568	2,022	10,768
1981	1,054	2,144	512	4,752	376	3,568	1,942	10,464
1982	1,049	2,139	520	4,768	328	3,384	1,897	10,291
1983	1,040	2,130	544	4,960	297	3,520	1,881	10,610
1984	1,030	2,120	592	5,344	297	3,844	1,919	11,308
1985	1,020	2,110	600	5,376	297	4,104	1,917	11,590
1986	1,005	2,165	616	5,440	312	4,709	1,933	12,314
1987	1,000	2,300	640	5,632	361	5,753	2,001	13,685
1988	1,000	2,440	608	5,312	318	5,328	1,926	13,080
1989	1,000	2,440	592	5,152	311	5,188	1,903	12,780
1990	1,000	2,440	608	5,216	267	4,648	1,875	12,304
1991	550	2,000	480	3,456	209	3,844	1,239	9,300
1992	550	2,000	488	3,456	158	2,824	1,196	8,280
1993	550	2,000	336	2,688	159	2,840	1,045	7,528
1994	580	2,090	360	2,880	157	2,808	1,097	7,778
1995	575	2,075	384	3,072	122	2,176	1,081	7,323
1996	575	2,075	408	3,264	113	2,032	1,096	7,371
1997	550	2,000	432	3,456	65	1,264	1,047	6,720
1998	550	2,000	432	3,456	65	1,264	1,047	6,720
1999	550	2,000	432	3,456	72	1,376	1,054	6,832
2000	550	2,000	432	3,456	72	1,376	1,054	6,832
2001	550	1,700	432	3,120	72	1,376	1,054	6,196
2002	550	1,700	432	3,120	72	1,376	1,054	6,196
2007*	550	500	336	1,944	72	1,376	958	3,820
2012**	550	500	336	1,680	72	1,376	958	3,556
* The 2007 figure is a goal of the Bush administration's 2001 Nuclear Posture Review ** The 2012 figure is a limit of the Treaty of Moscow signed on May 24, 2002

last revised 11.25.02

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