China, Pakistan possess more nuclear weapons than India: Defence think-tank SIPRI
The findings come at a time when India and China are caught up in a standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
The findings come at a time when India and China are caught up in a standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
The defence ministry has had four ministers in five years.
For more than the last eight years, India was the largest arms importer in the international market.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) report says that Russia accounted for 58 per cent of total Indian arms imports in 2014-2018, compared with 76 per cent in 2009-2013.
The report released on Monday said Pakistan now has 140-150 nuclear warheads as compared to 130-140 of India; China possesses some 280 nuclear warheads
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