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Russia is no longer beneath the 1,550-warhead cap set by the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, according to semiannual data released about U.S. and Russian weapons required under the treaty. As of Sept. 1, Russia was deploying 1,566 nuclear weapons, up from 1,537 Feb. 1. Both countries have to be under the treaty’s 1,550-warhead cap by 2018. The U.S. had 1,790 deployed strategic nuclear warheads as of Sept. 1, according to data provided by the State Department; it had 1,800 deployed warheads Feb. 1. The U.S. also had 822 delivery vehicles (nuclear-capable bombers, ICBMs and submarine-launched ballistic missiles), 60 less than it had in February, while Russia has reduced its delivery vehicles by five over six months to 516. The treaty allows 700 deployed delivery vehicles, and a total of 800 counting reserve systems. In total, the U.S. has 1,043 delivery vehicles, while Russia has 871.