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India expanding its nuclear arsenal with eye on China: SIPRI
6 months ago

India expanding its nuclear arsenal with eye on China: SIPRI

Hindustan Times  

India expanded its nuclear arsenal slightly in 2023 and appeared to be placing growing emphasis on longer-range weapons capable of striking targets across China, said the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in a new yearbook released on Monday. “While Pakistan remains the main focus of India’s nuclear deterrent, India appears to be placing growing emphasis on longer-range weapons, including those …

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India has more nuclear weapons than Pakistan, China ups arsenal: Report
6 months, 1 week ago

India has more nuclear weapons than Pakistan, China ups arsenal: Report

India Today  

India has more nuclear weapons than Pakistan, while China has increased its nuclear arsenal from 410 warheads in January 2023 to 500 in January 2024, as per a report by a Swedish think-tank. With the world witnessing two wars in the past two years, an analysis by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute found that nine nuclear-armed nations, including India, Pakistan …

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South Korea warns of suspending 2018 peace deal with North Korea ahead of expected spy satellite launch
1 year, 1 month ago

South Korea warns of suspending 2018 peace deal with North Korea ahead of expected spy satellite launch

India TV News  

The South Korean military on Monday warned its arch-rival North Korea to not go ahead with its planned spy satellite launch and implied that a peace deal brokered between the two Korean countries in 2018 could be suspended, resuming a retaliatory frontline aerial surveillance. Senior South Korean military officer Kang Hopil on Monday urged North Korea to cancel its third …

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China, other states, fortify nuclear weapons arsenals: Report
1 year, 6 months ago

China, other states, fortify nuclear weapons arsenals: Report

Al Jazeera  

Think tank SIPRI says China had 17 percent more nuclear warheads in January 2023 compared with the year before. The world’s nine nuclear-armed states are continuing to modernise their nuclear arsenals, with China’s stockpile of nuclear warheads rising by 17 percent in 2022, according to the Sweden-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. In the SIPRI Yearbook 2023 released on Monday, …

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Asia’s Nuclear Future
1 year, 8 months ago

Asia’s Nuclear Future

The Diplomat  

It may not happen for some time, or at all, but the next nation that joins the nuclear club will be in Asia. Most of Russia’s perhaps 2,000 tactical nuclear weapons are deployed in Asia, and Moscow’s relationships with Iran and North Korea are relevant to potential proliferation. It’s here that Asia’s nuclear future is most evident, with a new …

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India appears to be expanding its nuclear arsenal, claims SIPRI
2 years, 6 months ago

India appears to be expanding its nuclear arsenal, claims SIPRI

The Hindu  

India had 160 nuclear warheads as on January 2022 and it appears to be expanding its nuclear arsenal, Stockholm-based defence think tank SIPRI claimed on Monday. “China is in the middle of a substantial expansion of its nuclear weapon arsenal, which satellite images indicate includes the construction of over 300 new missile silos,” SIPRI’s statement noted. “Even though SIPRI’s estimate …

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Manish Tewari | How Ukraine conflict will impact non-proliferation
2 years, 8 months ago

Manish Tewari | How Ukraine conflict will impact non-proliferation

Deccan Chronicle  

As one of the proponents of the Rule 193 discussion in the Lok Sabha on Ukraine, I had stated in the presence of external affairs minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, “On December 26, 1991, when the erstwhile Soviet Union ceased to exist or when it was dissolved, Ukraine was the third largest nuclear nation in the world. In 1994, in terms …

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