How many Nuclear/Hydrogen Bomb India may have/ capable to produce?

[Gessler]

In 1999 India was estimated to have 4,200 kg of separated reactor-grade plutonium, enough for approximately 1,000 nuclear weapons

India's and Pakistan's Fissile Material and Nuclear Weapons Inventories, end of 1999

Estimates can also be made of the amount of reactor-grade plutonium in India and Pakistan. These estimates, which are taken from ISIS's Plutonium Watch, are in table 2.Their uncertainty is judged to be about 20 percent. Although almost all of this civil plutonium is in spent fuel, and thus not suitable for use in nuclear weapons, a nuclear weapons equivalent is calculated to facilitate comparisons. Each weapon-equivalent is taken at 8 kilograms of plutonium.

 

[xyxmt]

you know when they say "A stupid question is the question never asked"
its not true!

 

[NKVD]

@Gessler The data is a Estimation for Material Available At time of 1999 of Reactor grade Plutonium In table 2 which can be potentially used to Build Nukes but used for fuel In Reactor its given in Heading of Table its Self.

Sorry correct is weapon Equivalent is 1040 kgs divide it with 8 you will find the Rounded Figure

 

[Arya Desa]

In an ideal world, zero, but we don't live in an ideal world. India needs enough nuclear devices for the antagonists to be calmed by the threat of their annihilation and not a single more.

 

[illusion8]

As per the recent revalation of Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security, There are 2 huge uranium purfication plants in india are about to complete. Each will produce a huge stock of enriched uranium which is sufficient to run not only indian reactor and Sub fleet of 6 to 8 Nuke subs but surlus will be sufficient to make many bombs. India has also gathered a huge stock pile of Tritium from a path breaking crystal based detritium facility which is sufficient to make hundreds of H bomb.

Laddies and gentlemen, Lets us discuss how much H bomb and Nuclear bomb India may have?

India has a huge stock of weapon grade plutonium from her unsafeguard reactors.

Your point of views are well come, No trolling Please.

Karnataka home to second covert nuke site, drone testing: report - The Hindu

The Issue is not of Makinng Nukes...

But cost of Maintenance is the ISSUE that is why once a Nation has Adequate Nukes Production is Ceased.

An estimate can be drawn from the delivery platforms that are in hand and the one's that are under production.

3-5 nuclear subs mean a ready to launch estimated 50-60 warheads.

cannisterized agni 3,4,5,6 means approx 200 - 250 ready to launch warheads.

Jaguar's - another 25 to 50 air dropped nukes capability.

 

[HariPrasad]

100+ high yield nuke's are enough more self defence
We should concentrate more on tactical nukes nukes

V K Saraswat and AEC chief chidambaram have on record said that India has 200 KT yield bomb.

 

[The SC]

Capacity (stockpile of weapon grade fissile material HEU and Plutonium) for around 5000 nuclear warheads in the next 10 years. this was calculated in another thread on PDF.

 

[newdelhinsa]

I don't understand why India doesn't disclose the number of warheads it has.

The whole idea of nuclear warheads is to keep your enemy too scared to strike, amirite? They won't do that if they think you only have very few non-thermo warheads.

To not let them have the exact counter strike arsenal. Either they end up making more and go bankrupt or remain only a deterrence entity. A guessing game which suits us especially in a scenario when you end up using a plenty of nuclear arsenal neutralizing your enemy, the big powers with war fighting arsenal will come hard at you to disarm.

 

[T90TankGuy]

Baring the people in the know , I doubt if any one else knows how many bombs we have , so throwing numbers out there is pointless.