According to the Stockholm International Institute of Peace Research (SIPRI), India continues to keep a strategic advantage over Pakistan in nuclear abilities. The report emphasizes that India has increased its nuclear arsenal from 172 heads in 2024 to an estimated 180 in 2025, along with remarkable progress in its nuclear delivery systems.
According to the SIPRI report, new Indian missiles that allow you to pre -mount and transport more secure heads that allow safer transport and transport to pre -mounted and transported nuclear heads even during the “measure”. These new generation systems can also be able to supply multiple heads using a single missile in the near future.
“India is assumed that in 2024 it again slightly expanded its nuclear arsenal and continued to develop new types of nuclear delivery systems. New Indian” canalized “missiles that can be transported by mating heads can be able to transmit nuclear heads during peace and can be transported through each missile.
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Among the latest Indian platforms for the new generation are Agni Prime (Agnni-P) missile and multiple-targeted input system (MIRV)-the favorable Agni-5 system. According to the Indian Defense Ministry, Agni-P is a new generation, the advanced variant of the Agni missiles series. It is a canister rocket with a range between 1,000 and 2,000 kilometers. The latest Agni-P test was carried out last year.
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India also successfully tested Agni-5 capable of Mirv last year. This rocket is capable of significant targets in ranges exceeding 5,000 kilometers. After the rehearsal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the efforts of scientists from defense research and development (Drdo) involved in the mission. In the post on X, he wrote: “Proud of our scientists DrDDO for Mission Wonder, the first flight test of the natives developed Agni-5 missiles with more independently of the target in the re-entry technology (MIRV).”
Meanwhile, Pakistan also continued to develop new nuclear supplies and accumulated more fission material in 2024, suggesting the intention to further expand its nuclear arsenal in the coming decades, Sipri noted.
Referring to a short Indian military conflict at the beginning of 2025, SIPRI raised serious concerns about the risks of escalation during conventional conflicts between nuclear arms neighbors.
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A joint research worker with the SIPRI weapon program and the associated director for the nuclear information project in Fas, Matt Korda, warned: “The combination of strikes on nuclear military infrastructure and misinformation of third parties and third -party misinformation, which should be in accordance with their reliability to increase their reliability. relying on states to take care of states to state states to take care of states to believe to take care of states to rely on states. ”
Sipri said that all nine nuclear armed states, namely the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel, continued to invest in the modernization of their nuclear forces in 2024.
Since January 2025, SIPRI estimated the total global inventory of nuclear heads at 12,241, of which about 9,614 were in military supplies for potential use. About 3,912 heads with operational missiles and aircraft were deployed and the rest remained in central storage.
Approximately 2,100 deployed heads were maintained for high operating alerts of ballistic missiles, most of which belonged to Russia or the United States. However, Sipri noted that China can now maintain some heads on missiles during peace.
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