Media reports reveal how many intercontinental ballistic missiles Russia has

As of the beginning of 2024, Russia had more than 500 land- and sea-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). 

According to Defence Express, according to The Military Balance 2024, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and SIPRI Yearbook 2024, Russia’s strategic missile forces included:  

Land-based:

• 34 RS-20 Voevoda ICBMs (deployed since 1988).
• 60 RS-12M Topol-M ICBMs (deployed since 1997).
• 18 RS-12M1 Topol-M ICBMs (deployed since 2006).
• 180 RS-24 “Yars” ICBMs in silo version (deployed since 2010).
• 24 RS-24 “Yars” ICBMs in mobile version (deployed since 2014).
• About 8 Avangard missiles.

The number of “Sarmat” ICBMs at Russia’s disposal is unknown.

The missile arsenal was organized as follows: 14 missile regiments with the Yars silo variant and missile regiments with the mobile version of this ICBM, eight missile regiments with Topol-M and two missile regiments with Avangard, six missile regiments with RS-20 Voevoda.

Russia also has 192 ballistic missiles for deployment on 12 nuclear submarines. Of these, 112 units are RSM-56 (or R-30) Bulava, which began deployment in 2012, and 80 units are RSM-54 Sineva, which began deployment in 2007.