NEW DELHI: China, Pakistan, and India have 350, 165, and 156 nuclear warheads respectively as of January this year and the three countries appear to be expanding their nuclear arsenals, a study by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has said. It also said as per its assessment, Russia and the US together possess over 90 percent of the estimated 13,080 global nuclear weapons.
China, Pakistan, and India had 320, 160, and 150 nuclear warheads respectively as of January last year, the SIPRI's study said on Monday.
There are nine countries in the world that have nuclear weapons: the US, Russia, the UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea.
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