Monday, December 17, 2018

India Has 140 Nuclear Warheads And It Wants More

An Indian Agni-II intermediate range ballistic missile on a road-mobile launcher, displayed at the Republic Day Parade on New Delhi's Rajpath, January 26, 2004. Wikipedia

Michael Peck, National Interest: India has 140 Nuclear Warheads – And More Are Coming

Should we worry?

India has 130 to 140 nuclear warheads—and more are coming, according to a new report.

“India is estimated to have produced enough military plutonium for 150 to 200 nuclear warheads, but has likely produced only 130 to 140,” according to Hans Kristensen and Matt Korda of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists. “Nonetheless, additional plutonium will be required to produce warheads for missiles now under development, and India is reportedly building several new plutonium production facilities.”

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WNU Editor: More signs that Asia is on the cusp of a nuclear arms race.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I would say that they are in an undeclared one already. After-all, the Chinese are moving to make more nuclear weapons themselves.