India Possesses 172 Warheads; More Nuclear Weapons than Pakistan.

Defence

India's nuclear warheads numbered slightly higher than Pakistan's as of January this year, Swedish think-tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said on Monday. The SIPRI report said that the world's nine nuclear-armed states -- the United States (US), Russia, the United Kingdom (UK), France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel -- continued to modernise their nuclear arsenals in 2023, with several of them deploying new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems that same year.


      The report said that India's 'stored' nuclear warheads stood at 172 in January this year, slightly above Pakistan's 170.

      The think-tank also said that India, Pakistan and North Korea were pursuing the capability to deploy multiple warheads on ballistic missiles -- known as Multiple Independently-targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV) technology.

     

 

     


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