ICBMs were developed by both the United States and the Soviet Union during the cold war in insure mutually assured destruction if either country were to be attacked. Basically, the Soviets threatened the United States, and the United States responded by threatening to level Russia with nukes (ICBMs) if they attacked. The Soviets responded likewise, and therefore, not shots were ever fired because both nations feared a nuclear reprisal by the other.
If by strongest you mean highest yield, I believe this would be Russia. Current treaties allow them higher yield weapons because their ICBMs are somewhat less accurate than US ICBMs.
This was a treaty between the united states (durring the presidency of Richard Nixon) and the Soviet Union (under Premier Brezniev) which planned to stop the ever increasing number of ICBMs deployed by both nations. This allowed the Soviet Union to come to a parity with the United States and held the United States from expanding their stock pile. The three principla delivery systems affected were long range bombers, Submarines (SLBM), and land based ICBMs. The treaty was signed in the early 1970's.
The development of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) during the 1950s made long-range bombers obsolete. ICBMs provided a much faster, more direct and accurate means of delivering nuclear weapons to distant targets, making the need for manned long-range bombers less relevant in terms of strategic deterrence.
At the current time Russia has the most, followed closely by the US. These are controlled by limits set by START. The treaty allows Russia more and higher yield bombs because their ICBMs are slightly less accurate.
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I found ICBMs in California on Google earth. I found ICBMs in California on Google earth.
I found ICBMs in California on Google earth. I found ICBMs in California on Google earth.
Yes, foreign ICBMs were perfectly capable of reaching the US, and US ICBMs were just as capable of reaching back.
The first successful rockets built to go into space were ICBMs: the Soviet Sputnik I & II were launched on military ICBMs, the US Mercury spacecraft were launched on military ICBMs (Redstone & Atlas), the US Gemini spacecraft were launched on military ICBMs (Titan II). IIRC, the Delta & Saturn rockets were the first successful rockets built to go into space that didn't begin as military ICBMs. Although most Deltas are launched from Vandenberg AFB. The European Arian was the first commercial rocket built to go into space.
ICBMs can cross continents!
20km against ICBMS. 160k against aircraft.
If by strongest you mean highest yield, I believe this would be Russia. Current treaties allow them higher yield weapons because their ICBMs are somewhat less accurate than US ICBMs.
Actually Russia now has 500 to 1000 more nuclear weapons than the USA due to limits set in the START treaty and they are higher yield, based on the fact that their ICBMs are less accurate than US ICBMs.
Radar would pick up Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. By measuring their trajectory it would be possible to identify them.
I do not believe we can know this until the USSR's archives are fully opened to historians, that will probably not happen for some time. However that said it is known that the US nuclear stockpile was significantly larger than the USSR nuclear stockpile until the late 1970s (this was not known by the US at the time) and the US ICBMs have been and still are more accurate than the USSR ICBMs.
They do not have to be, but launching an ICBM that could only destroy a single city block with a conventional warhead would generally be considered a waste of the expensive missile that launched it.
Both the US and USSR had deliverable nuclear weapons in the 10+ megaton range by 1955.