Map of nuclear armed states of the world npt designated nuclear weapon states china france russia united kingdom united states other states with nuclear weapons india north korea pakistan other states presumed to have nuclear weapons israel nato member nuclear weapons sharing states belgium germany italy the netherlands turkey states formerly possessing nuclear weapons. The vessels are classified as strategic strike nuclear submarines by india. The arihant class sanskrit for slayer of enemies is a class of nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines being built for the indian navy they were developed under the 90 000 crore us 13 billion advanced technology vessel atv project to design and build nuclear powered submarines.
Despite the many milestones ahead for india to bring its ssbn force to maturity the indian navy may possess the missiles and boats to maintain credible submarine nuclear deterrence by the mid 2020s. That and india s nuclear stockpile accounts for a little over. Pakistan has 160 nuclear weapons or torpedoes.
India owns nearly 150 warheads while china has a nuclear inventory of 320 weapons. India is actively pursuing membership to the nuclear suppliers group nsg and became a member of the missile technology control regime in 2016. The country s arsenal carries weapons with estimated average yields ranging from 12 to 40 kilotons though exact yields are unknown.
India tested its first nuclear weapon in 1974 becoming the sixth country to detonate a nuclear weapon. The short range prithvi ii and agni i the medium range agni ii and the intermediate range. India s nuclear missile force is only fifteen years old but it already has four types of land based ballistic missiles.
India is buying thirty six french rafale fighters that carry nuclear weapons in french service and presumably could do for india. A principal purpose of these systems is to bring more chinese east coast metropolises into. The arihant class nuclear submarine fleet armed with 3 500 kilometer range k 4 submarine launched ballistic missiles and the agni v intercontinental ballistic missile.
To bolster its position against china india is pursuing two new nuclear platforms. India also appears to be developing its next generation of ssbns. India operates a ship launched and a submarine launched nuclear capable ballistic missile and is developing a second submarine launched ballistic missile for eventual deployment on a small fleet of nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines.
Kristensen and matt korda which further suggest that the change in posture was reinforced after the 2017 doklam standoff.
Indian nuclear missile. India has developed and possesses weapons of mass destruction in the form of nuclear weapons although india has not released any official statements about the size of its nuclear arsenal recent estimates suggest that india has 140 150 nuclear weapons and has produced enough weapons grade plutonium for up to 150 200 nuclear weapons. In 1999 india was estimated to have 800 kg of separated. án analysis done by bulletin of the atomic scientists suggests how india s nuclear strategy which has traditionally focused on pakistan now appears to place its emphasis on china with beijing in range of indian missiles. The analysis was done by authors hans m.
The analysis was done by authors hans m. án analysis done by bulletin of the atomic scientists suggests how india s nuclear strategy which has traditionally focused on pakistan now appears to place its emphasis on china with beijing in range of indian missiles. In 1999 india was estimated to have 800 kg of separated.
India has developed and possesses weapons of mass destruction in the form of nuclear weapons although india has not released any official statements about the size of its nuclear arsenal recent estimates suggest that india has 140 150 nuclear weapons and has produced enough weapons grade plutonium for up to 150 200 nuclear weapons.
