Tag: SIPRI

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Xi Jinping Accelerates China’s Nuclear Ambitions: PLA Set to Field 1,500 Nuke-Tipped ICBMs Capable of Striking U.S. by 2035

The Asia Live News Service - June 22, 2025
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has confirmed that China now possesses more nuclear warheads than the United Kingdom and France combined and is expanding its nuclear arsenal faster than any other country. This revelation, presented in SIPRI’s latest...
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India Overtakes Pakistan in Nuclear Warhead Count: SIPRI Report Signals Strategic Shift in South Asia

The Asia Live News Service - June 18, 2025
In South Asia’s security calculus, India has officially surpassed Pakistan in the number of operational nuclear warheads, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) 2025 Yearbook. This marks the first time in recent years that India has edged ahead...
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SIPRI 2025 Report Warns of Accelerated Global Shift Toward Multiple-Warhead and Dual-Use Nuclear Delivery Systems Amid Mounting Strategic Tensions

The Asia Live News Service - June 17, 2025
In a sobering assessment that echoes Cold War-era anxieties, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its Yearbook 2025 on June 16, providing a comprehensive overview of the world’s nuclear arsenals and the increasingly precarious geopolitical order underpinning them....