Reuters: Russia has world's biggest store of nuclear warheads

Russia controls about 5,580 nuclear warheads, according to the Federation of American Scientists, Report informs via Reuters.

Of those about 1,200 are retired but largely intact and around 4,380 are stockpiled for use by long-range strategic launchers and shorter-range tactical nuclear forces, according to the FAS.

Of the stockpiled warheads, 1,710 strategic warheads are deployed: about 870 on land-based ballistic missiles, about 640 on submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and possibly 200 at heavy bomber bases, FAS said.