Despite the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin has suspended participation in the Offensive Arms Reduction Treaty, the US State Department has released data on the nuclear forces deployed in the country, Bloomberg reports..

“The US will continue its tradition of transparency despite Russia’s alleged suspension of New START,” the State Department said in a statement, citing a 2010 treaty that limited the number of nuclear warheads Russia and the US could deploy at any given time..

According to the declaration, Washington has 1,419 warheads deployed on 662 land-based and submarine-based missiles, as well as heavy bombers.. This is within the limit of 1550 warheads on 700 pieces of equipment.

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Recall that in December, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia could use nuclear weapons in response to a " According to him, if the system detects the launch of missiles towards Russia, then hundreds of missiles will be in the air, which cannot be stopped.. At the same time, US State Department spokesman Ned Price called Putin's words about nuclear weapons " In his opinion, the Russian Federation under no circumstances will not use nuclear weapons first..

As of early May, the US intelligence community assesses the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons by Russia as "