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 …
New Delhi: The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reported on Monday that the nine nuclear-armed states, including the US, Russia, the UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel, are continuing to modernise their nuclear arsenals. According to SIPRI's estimates, China's nuclear arsenal has increased from 350 warheads in January 2022 to 410 in January 2023, with expectations for …
STOCKHOLM — The nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022, a Swedish think tank said Monday. As for China, SIPRI said the size of country’s nuclear arsenal had increased from 350 warheads in January 2022 to 410 in January 2023 and it is expected to keep growing. The …
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, …