India has more nuclear weapons than Pakistan.

 India has more nuclear weapons than Pakistan. However, China has more nuclear weapons than these two countries. And China is increasing its nuclear weapons stockpile.

According to a report published by the Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), China's weapons stockpile has increased significantly compared to last year.

China had 410 nuclear warheads in 2023, rising to 500 this year. On the other hand, India has 172 nuclear missiles and Pakistan has 170. However, China still lags behind Russia and the United States in terms of nuclear weapons.

A warhead is a part of a weapon in which an explosive agent or toxic material is placed. The warhead is used by missiles, rockets, torpedoes or bombs.

According to SIPRI's Yearbook 2024, nine nuclear powers – the US, Russia, the UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel – are modernizing their nuclear arsenals.

Some countries have either stockpiled new nuclear weapons or installed nuclear weapons delivery systems on missiles in the past year.

According to the recently published SIPRI report, in January 2024, there are 12 thousand 221 missiles stockpiled around the world. Of these, 9,585 missiles are stockpiled in the arsenal for possible use.

India, Pakistan and North Korea - all three countries are increasing their capability to deploy multiple warheads on ballistic missiles that Russia, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and China already possess.

Incidentally, no country has been seen to use nuclear weapons even though there has been a situation of extreme conflict in recent times. But many of them have stockpiled nuclear weapons in their arsenals.

And the experts are worried about the tendency to enrich the arsenal of the countries with nuclear weapons.