Pakistan 100-120 Nuclear Warhead and India 90-110 SIPRI

[HariPrasad]

These are just estimated figures, no country gives its exact figure as to how many Nukes they actually have.

Correct.

But we can discuss only estimates since we do not know the exact figure.

 

[GreenFalcon]

Correct.

But we can discuss only estimates since we do not know the exact figure.

Personally, I was always against nukes because they are nothing but trouble, but at the same time Uranium,plutonium,etc are a great source of energy if used properly.

 

[HariPrasad]

Personally, I was always against nukes because they are nothing but trouble, but at the same time Uranium,plutonium,etc are a great source of energy if used properly.

That is right and they are pollution free.

 

[BEEN .T]

India currently has 22 nuclear reactors and according to the Indo-US Deal, it will put 14 of its reactors under IAEA safeguards
So, India has also privilege to use for military purposes fissile material produced by the remaining 8 reactors.India will have the options to use its any newly built reactor for civilian or military purposes. This will increase the number of Warhead for India and will make the region more destablished.

 

[HariPrasad]

India currently has 22 nuclear reactors and according to the Indo-US Deal, it will put 14 of its reactors under IAEA safeguards
So, India has also privilege to use for military purposes fissile material produced by the remaining 8 reactors.India will have the options to use its any newly built reactor for civilian or military purposes. This will increase the number of Warhead for India and will make the region more established.

You deserve a praise for well informed post and particularly since this is your only second post.

We look forward for the same input from you. Accept My regards.

 

[Chak Bamu]

What sort of a trash poll is this? How can college students and miscellaneous Farigh nationalists know?

A total waste of time.

 

[nair]

What sort of an idiotic poll is this? How can college students and miscellaneous Farigh nationalists know?

A total waste of time.

This is a new way of finding the most power nuclear power in the region........

 

[HariPrasad]

What sort of a trash poll is this? How can college students and miscellaneous Farigh nationalists know?

A total waste of time.

It is not to know which country possess more weapons but it is just to know what is the view of members on this.

 

[Koovie]

That is right and they are pollution free.

The question is where to dump the nuclear waste

 

[Anil Kumar]

8 Indian nuclear plants are not under IAEA watch that is allowing India to increase the nuclear fissile material stock pile or enrich Uranium to produced weapons grade material. India with the going ambitions since last decade, now surely has more number of nuclear warheads that is not only a threat to Pakistan or region but to global peace as well.

 

[Indo-guy]

Pakistan surges ahead of India in nuclear stockpile: Report
Rajat PanditRajat Pandit,TNN | Jun 17, 2014, 05.01 AM IST

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With the US and Russia slowly reducing their huge inventories under the new strategic arms reduction treaty of 2011, the overall number of nuclear weapons continues to decline.

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NEW DELHI: Pakistan's nuclear arsenal continues to surge ahead with 100-120 warheads as compared to India's 90-110. China has more than double that number with 250 warheads. The US and Russia, of course, are in a different league altogether with 7,000-8,000 warheads each, together possessing 93% of all nuclear weapons.

This is the latest assessment of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute which holds that all the nine nuclear-armed countries continue to "modernize" their nuclear arsenals and delivery systems like long-range missiles.

With the US and Russia slowly reducing their huge inventories under the new strategic arms reduction treaty of 2011, the overall number of nuclear weapons continues to decline. But there are still 16,300 nuclear weapons around the globe, of which around 4,000 are "operational", said SIPRI.

"China, India and Pakistan are the only nuclear weapon states that are expanding their nuclear arsenals, while Israel appears to be waiting to see how the situation in Iran develops," it added.


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But rather than its actual stockpile of warheads as compared to Pakistan and China, the Indian defence establishment remains more worried about its delivery systems. The Indian armed forces still do not have SLBMs (submarine-launched ballistic missiles) and ICBMs (inter-continental ballistic missiles) in their arsenal, both of which are needed for credible deterrence against its two neighbours.

"We have a declared no-first use (NFU) nuclear policy, which requires effective and survivable second-strike capabilities for massive retaliation in case of a first strike. This can only come through nuclear-powered submarines armed with SLBMs, hidden deep underwater for extended periods of time," said an official.

Despite all its covert help from China and North Korea in the nuclear and missile arenas, Pakistan also does not have ICBMs and SLBMs as of now. But it does not have to contend with China, which has missiles that can hit any Indian city. Its road-mobile DF-31A missile has a range of 11,200-km, while its new JL-2 SLBM has a reach of 7,400-km.

India may have conducted two successful tests of its first ICBM, the over 5,000-km Agni-V, over the last couple of years but it will take at least three years for the missile to become fully-operational. Similarly, the 750-km K-15 SLBM is yet to be tested from India's first indigenous nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant, which is slated to head for extensive "sea trials" only later this year.

A longer range SLBM, the over 2,000-km K-4, was also tested for the first-time from a submersible pontoon in March, as was reported by TOI. Apart from the shorter-range Prithvi missiles, India currently has the Agni-I (700-km), Agni-II (2,000-km) and Agni-III (3,000-km) missiles under its Strategic Forces Command.

"India and Pakistan continue to develop new systems capable of delivering nuclear weapons and are expanding their capacities to produce fissile material for military purposes," said the SIPRI report.

"All the five legally recognised nuclear weapon states, China, France, Russia, the UK and the US, are either deploying new nuclear weapon delivery systems or have announced programmes to do so," it added. The other four, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea, are not signatories to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

AS per Stochhom peace research foundation, Pakistan always had more nuclear weapon compare to India. So it is wrong to use word surge ahead.

Same report is being churned out since last 3 -4 years !

SIPRI does not feel need to revise its estimates ....

It's incredible that there has been no change in numbers SIPRI have been quoting since last 3 years ....and so it puts big question mark over its credibility .

Indian nuclear stockpile is set to grow 10 folds that of Pakistan ...

as India realizes completion of 3 stage nuclear programme .

 

[AUz]

AS per Stochhom peace research foundation, Pakistan always had more nuclear weapon compare to India. So it is wrong to use word surge ahead.

The surpise is that they are reporting almost same Number of Nuclear weapons for India for last few years. Figure has stuck to 100-110 and not more.

Same goes for us, too.

 

[indoPunjabi]

I think 100 nukes are enough. 30 nukes for Western neighbor and 70 nukes for eastern neighbors. :p

 

[अखण्ड भारत!!!]

That is right and they are pollution free.

Not pollution free

Same report is being churned out since last 3 -4 years !

SIPRI does not feel need to revise its estimates ....

It's incredible that there has been no change in numbers SIPRI have been quoting since last 3 years ....and so it puts big question mark over its credibility .

Indian nuclear stockpile is set to grow 10 folds that of Pakistan ...

as India realizes completion of 3 stage nuclear programme .

India does not seem to be interested in numbers

 

[bababhosundi]

Pakistan only has uranium fission bombs with low yields, hence it needs more bombs to cover up the inforior yields.

India has thermonuclear fusion bombs with higher yields which makes our combined yield higher even with half of the Pakistani number.