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Pakistan may continue to remain slightly ahead of India in terms of the number of nuclear warheads, with China having double the quantity, but the Indian defence establishment believes its deterrence
capability is "robust", designed to ensure "survivability" for retaliatory strikes and firmly on track for further modernization. Pakistan now has 140-150 nuclear warheads as compared to 130-140 of India, with China
hovering around 280, as per the latest assessment of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which was released on Monday. The US and Russia are in a different league altogether
with 6,450 and 6,850 nuclear warheads respectively, together accounting for 92 per cent of the 14,465 nuclear weapons around the globe. Arsenals of the other seven nuclear-armed countries are considerably smaller,
but all are either developing or deploying new nuclear weapon systems. "India and Pakistan are both expanding their nuclear weapon stockpiles as well as developing new land, sea and air-based missile
delivery systems. China continues to modernize its nuclear weapon delivery systems and is slowly increasing the size of its nuclear arsenal," said SIPRI. Defence establishment sources here say India, confronted with
the collusive threat from China and Pakistan, has no other option but to systematically build nuclear deterrence that is "credible" and capable of inflicting massive damage in a retaliatory strike to
any first strike by an adversary. "The number of warheads do not really matter. With a declared no-first use (NFU) nuclear policy, India is keen to ensure survivability and credibility of
our assets and NC3 (nuclear command, control and communication) systems for assured second-strike capabilities…We have achieved this to a large extent," said a source. Pakistan, of course, has deliberately kept its
nuclear policy ambiguous to deter India from undertaking any conventional military action despite repeated provocations, even as it fast supplements its enriched uranium based nuclear programme with a weapons grade plutonium
capability is "robust", designed to ensure "survivability" for retaliatory strikes and firmly on track for further modernization. Pakistan now has 140-150 nuclear warheads as compared to 130-140 of India, with China
hovering around 280, as per the latest assessment of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which was released on Monday. The US and Russia are in a different league altogether
with 6,450 and 6,850 nuclear warheads respectively, together accounting for 92 per cent of the 14,465 nuclear weapons around the globe. Arsenals of the other seven nuclear-armed countries are considerably smaller,
but all are either developing or deploying new nuclear weapon systems. "India and Pakistan are both expanding their nuclear weapon stockpiles as well as developing new land, sea and air-based missile
delivery systems. China continues to modernize its nuclear weapon delivery systems and is slowly increasing the size of its nuclear arsenal," said SIPRI. Defence establishment sources here say India, confronted with
the collusive threat from China and Pakistan, has no other option but to systematically build nuclear deterrence that is "credible" and capable of inflicting massive damage in a retaliatory strike to
any first strike by an adversary. "The number of warheads do not really matter. With a declared no-first use (NFU) nuclear policy, India is keen to ensure survivability and credibility of
our assets and NC3 (nuclear command, control and communication) systems for assured second-strike capabilities…We have achieved this to a large extent," said a source. Pakistan, of course, has deliberately kept its
nuclear policy ambiguous to deter India from undertaking any conventional military action despite repeated provocations, even as it fast supplements its enriched uranium based nuclear programme with a weapons grade plutonium
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