India, June 10 -- The data from SIPRI reveals that India deployed 12 nuclear warheads in 2025, and China increased the number of deployed warheads from 24 to 34

India has deployed nuclear warheads for the first time and might have slightly expanded its nuclear arsenal in 2025 while continuing development of new types of nuclear-delivery systems, according to the annual report of a Swedish think tank, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

In its report, the SIPRI also said data reveal that India deployed 12 nuclear warheads in 2025, and China increased the number of deployed warheads from 24 to 34 and noted countries were now "increasingly relying on nuclear weapons as instruments of national power."

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