Pakistan 100-120 Nuclear Warhead and India 90-110 SIPRI

[HariPrasad]

well the article in the TOI said "None of the countries have capable ICBML yet". So how can we go for numbers ?

India already has the capability of ICBM. However the area of our concern lies in 5000 KM of from our country. Our Agni II to Agni V is capable of hitting any target of our concern.

 

[Dem!god]

what are indias current weapon garde plutonium and HEU reserve..

 

[HariPrasad]

what are indias current weapon garde plutonium and HEU reserve..

DO not know but India have mastered Boosted fission and generated a huge stockpile of Tritium by a very cost effective method. Looking to the Nuclear facility india have, India should have been in a position to build at-least 400 to 500 bombs.

 

[Dem!god]

DO not know but India have mastered Boosted fission and generated a huge stockpile of Tritium by a very cost effective method. Looking to the Nuclear facility india have, India should have been in a position to build at-least 400 to 500 bombs.

hmm....but what role tritium play in nukes....tritium is heavy water ...right.. third isotope..it useful in reactors to control the chain reaction....
i don't think tritium play any role in bomes....or does it...

 

[HariPrasad]

hmm....but what role tritium play in nukes....tritium is heavy water ...right.. third isotope..it useful in reactors to control the chain reaction....
i don't think tritium play any role in bomes....or does it...

It seems that you are mixing the heavy water and tritium. Heavy water is used as the moderator in nuclear reaction in reactor while tritium is used in hydrogen (TN) bomb as the fusion material. Two tritium nucleus will form a Helium molecule and other mass will be getting converted in energy.

 

[Broccoli]

And the problem is...?

If Indian military thinks that they need 90-100 weapons for deterrence why should Indian government waste money to produce more than is needed?

 

[Capt.Popeye]

what are indias current weapon garde plutonium and HEU reserve..

Much more than is disclosed and the warheads thus possible are much more than is being estimated.
Actually that is what the 123 Agreement (Nuclear Deal) was all about just, as India's stand on signing the FMCT is all about. Read between the lines.

 

[Dem!god]

Much more than is disclosed and the warheads thus possible are much more than is being estimated.
Actually that is what the 123 Agreement (Nuclear Deal) was all about just, as India's stand on signing the FMCT is all about. Read between the lines.

can u give bit more detailed explanation...and few links..if u know...

 

[Capt.Popeye]

can u give bit more detailed explanation...and few links..if u know...

Check out the internet, for the unclassified information available.
About the FMCT (Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty), India is willing to sign it (presumably because it has sufficient stocks of weapons-grade material).
Connect the dots......

 

[Broccoli]

what are indias current weapon garde plutonium and HEU reserve..

2012 estimation was 520 kg of plutonium what is enough for 100-130 fission warheads.
Indian nuclear forces, 2012

 

[Slayer786]

The question is how many NW do we need to destroy a country?

 

[Hyperion]

I don't think that India is willing to sign it either..... it's like NPT with us, if India signs it, we will too...... but both of us know very well that NPT/CTBT/FMCT are heavily biassed, and will curtail our scientific progress. We say India signs it first, India says we do.... it's all a game.... no one will.... ever.... period!

Check out the internet, for the unclassified information available.
About the FMCT (Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty), India is willing to sign it (presumably because it has sufficient stocks of weapons-grade material).
Connect the dots......

 

[Capt.Popeye]

I don't think that India is willing to sign it either..... it's like NPT with us, if India signs it, we will too...... but both of us know very well that NPT/CTBT/FMCT are heavily biassed, and will curtail our scientific progress. We say India signs it first, India says we do.... it's all a game.... no one will.... ever.... period!

Nope, you are incorrect on this one...........India is willing to sign the FMCT, but has linked Pakistan to it. For obvious reasons Pakistan is unwilling to sign. That treaty is not a major head-ache for India since India has stock-piled significant amounts of material and has signed up Civilian use Material thus freeing up more unsafeguarded stocks. Then the FBTRs will even provide more going into the future. The Pakistan linkage is just a 'red-herring' Read up on it.

India is unwilling to sign the NPT because it has linked the other Major Nuclear Powers to it (not Pakistan) saying that the terms of the NPT are biased in favor of the major Nuclear Powers. NPT is a more serious issue for India just as CTBT is not so much, save again for some discriminatory issues. But India may well even sign on it conditional on NSG, Wassenaar membership etc.

 

[Hyperion]

One thing I know for certain is that Pakistan is never going to sign FMCT................. regarding India's standing on NPT and CTBT, maybe NPT can be linked to Wassenar etc etc, however, it would be totally crazy to sign CTBT, no matter what the incentive.

Nope, you are incorrect on this one...........India is willing to sign the FMCT, but has linked Pakistan to it. For obvious reasons Pakistan is unwilling to sign. That treaty is not a major head-ache for India since India has stock-piled significant amounts of material and has signed up Civilian use Material thus freeing up more unsafeguarded stocks. Then the FBTRs will even provide more going into the future. The Pakistan linkage is just a 'red-herring' Read up on it.

India is unwilling to sign the NPT because it has linked the other Major Nuclear Powers to it (not Pakistan) saying that the terms of the NPT are biased in favor of the major Nuclear Powers. NPT is a more serious issue for India just as CTBT is not so much, save again for some discriminatory issues. But India may well even sign on it conditional on NSG, Wassenaar membership etc.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

One thing I know for certain is that Pakistan is never going to sign FMCT................. regarding India's standing on NPT and CTBT, maybe NPT can be linked to Wassenar etc etc, however, it would be totally crazy to sign CTBT, no matter what the incentive.

Actually if you look hard at all the connected issues; CTBT is the most insignificant of all of them. At least for any Nuclear Weapon State possessing 'matured' Nuclear Weapon Technology. A key to that will be the significantly reduced number of Weapon Tests carried out by them. Because of well developed simulation methods to validate any new Weapon(s) without actual testing. Its only States which are lower down on the Nuke Technology "Totem-Pole" that are obsessed with testing. Do think about that. It was not for nothing that India even discussed signing the CTBT with USA and some other members of NSG in the time of the regime of Vajpayee who in fact had decided to carry out the last batch of tests in 1998 and executed that plan. But linked that with many other outstanding issues, one of which was the 123 agreement.
There was a reason for that.