India and Pakistan, two nuclear armed states, were recently on the brink of war - but how strong are they?
India's nuclear weapons are believed to be plutonium-based. As of 2015, its weapon-grade plutonium stockpile is estimated to be betweenIndia has plans to build six fast breeder reactors, which will significantly increase its capacity to produce more weapons-grade plutonium.
India is building long-range ballistic missiles that are able to strike targets across China, another of India’s regional adversaries. Pakistan has between 140-150 nuclear weapons for delivery by aircraft and land-based missiles, according to aPakistan reportedly, in peacetime, stores its nuclear warheads separately from their delivery vehicles. The Strategic Plans Division , which operates Pakistan's nuclear forces, has never confirmed the arrangements.
in 2014. The enrichment takes place at the gas centrifuge facilities located at Kahuta and Gadwal in Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province.Pakistan has longer-range nuclear weapons, such as the Shaheen 3 missile, a type of nuclear weapon that is capable of reaching India's Andaman Islands near Southeast Asia.
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