China, India, Pakistan boost nuclear arsenals

Stockholm International Peace Research (SIPRI) report, three Asian countries have nuclear weapons adds to atomic weapons. They are China, India and Pakistan. 

At present, China has 250 nuclear warheads weapons. The number was assessed increased from 2012. In the past year, China has only 240.

Number of nuclear weapons Pakistan and India also rose 10 percent from a year ago. Pakistan adds to the amount of 100 to 120,meanwhile india adding from 90 to 110. Similarly, as reported by AFP on Monday (06/03/2013).

India's Agni-IV missile (AFP)

"When states began to avoid feud with each other, and start supporting rebel movements in other countries, it re-emerged suspicion. Economic integration was not followed by political integration," SIPRI said in a statement.

As is known, the two superpowers are now reducing their weapons include Russia and the United States (U.S.). Russia to slash the number of atomic weapons from 10 thousand to 8,500, while the U.S. 8 thousand to 7,700.

Several other nuclear weapon states otherwise increase or decrease the number of weapons. France still maintains 300 nuclear weapons, while the UK has 225, and Israel 80.

Here is SIPRI’s list of the number of nuclear warheads in the world at the start of 2013 compared with the start of 2012.

2013-2012

Russia   8,500- 10,000

United States  7,700 – 8,000

France   300 – 300

China   250 – 240

United Kingdom   225 – 225

Pakistan   100-120 – 90-110

India   90-110 -  80-100

Israel   80-80

SIPRI also explained again, that countries with nuclear weapons do not all want to be transparent. According to SIPRI, China would not always overtly in explaining the number of weapons, but Russia is more open these days.

Swedish NGOs also did not mention North Korea (North Korea) in this issue. SIPRI assume, the communist country's nuclear program was not sufficiently advanced Korea and is still in the early stages.