India's nuclear programme, the powerful one -Fusion-WeRIndia

India’s nuclear programme, the powerful one

India's nuclear programme, the powerful one

A report from the US has stated that India has one of the largest and most powerful nuclear power programmes among developing nations. This was stated in a think tank by US. It said that India had enough weapon grade plutonium by the end of 2014 to possess an estimated stock of atomic weapons in the range of 75-125.

The report added that the India’s nuclear arsenal can be estimated by analyzing its current weapon grade plutonium stock. It said that based on the current estimation, India has a median of 138 nuclear weapons which is equivalent to a range of 110 to 175.

The report was released by the Institute for Science and International Security. It also said that although the estimate is high, the actual number of weapons built by India from its stock of weapon grade plutonium must be lesser than estimated. Considering the amount of plutonium in the weapons production pipelines and in reserves, it can be estimated that only about 70 percent of the estimated stock of weapon grade plutonium is actually used in nuclear weapons.

So, the report stated that the number of nuclear weapons made by India at the end of 2014 must be about 97 which will put it in a range of 77-123. The estimated number is rounded to around 100 weapons which makes the range about 75-125.


The report was co-authored by David Albright and Serena Kelleher. In the past, Albright has run anti-India campaigns both at the Congress and among the think-tanks against the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.

The report is titled: ‘India’s Stocks of Civil and Military Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium, End 2014’. The report estimated that India has made 100-200 kilogrammes of weapon-grade uranium for nuclear weapons. It concludes by saying that India has one of the largest nuclear power programmes among developing nations.

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