According to the FAS, Israel has aircraft, land-based ballistic missiles, and possibly sea-based cruise missiles to use these warheads. But the FAS believes "the most credible stockpile number is less than one hundred warheads, probably on the order of 90 warheads". There's a lot of speculation about Israeli nuclear stockpile, ranging from 75 to more than 400 warheads. All the new Agni missiles have ranges that indicate their primary target is China," the FAS' 'Indian nuclear forces, 2020' report states. Pakistan, its nuclear modernization indicates that it is putting increased emphasis on its future strategic relationship with China. "While India’s primary deterrence relationship is with According to the FAS, India is estimated to have produced enough military plutonium for 150 to 200 nuclear warheads but has likely produced only 150. In 2020, the FAS had pegged the number at 150. The FAS' latest data (as of 23 February 2022) says India has 160 nuclear warheads. Pakistan's nuclear policy and operational decision-making comes under the National Command Authority, chaired by the prime minister and includes both military and civilian officials.ĪLSO READ | Russia recognises Zelenskyy as Ukraine's legitimate prez, aim is to 'denazify' country: Russian diplomat INDIA - 160 According to the FAS, Pakistan's “full spectrum deterrence posture” includes long-range missiles and aircraft for strategic missions, lower-yield nuclear-capable weapon systems. The FAS predicts Pakistan's stockpile could grow to around 200 warheads by 2025. However, it dismisses speculations that Pakistan will become the world’s third-largest nuclear weapon state in a decade with 350 warheads as "exaggerated". The FAS believes Pakistan has a stockpile of 165 warheads. However, FAS says: "The exact number of nuclear weapons in each country’s possession is a closely held national secret, so the estimates presented here come with significant uncertainty."Ĭloser home, Pakistan is just a little ahead of India in nuclear stockpiles. Another 977 strategic warheads are in storage, along with about 1,912 non-strategic warheads. The FAS believes of the remaining 4,477 nuclear warheads, 1,588 strategic warheads are deployed (812 on land-based ballistic missiles, 576 on submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and 200 at heavy bomber bases). Warhead is a part of a missile which contains explosive material - in this case, nuclear. According to The Federation of American Scientists (FAS), a policy research group founded in 1945 which tracks the stockpiles of nuclear armed nations, Kremlin controls 5,977 nuclear warheads out of which 1,500 have been retired and await dismantlement. Nine countries possess roughly 12,700 warheads, and Russia the highest. If anything, the fact that Russia has the greatest number of nukes in the world makes the current situation alarming. By Mukesh Adhikary: Vladimir Putin's move to put Russia's nuclear forces on 'special alert' has slipped the world into a reality where nuclear weapon use is not entirely unimaginable.
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