What India’s 12 ‘operationally deployed’ nuclear warheads really mean

SIPRI’s latest assessment shows the maturation of India’s second-strike capability rather than a shift away from its long-standing ‘no first use’ doctrine; the development comes amid a broader global trend of nuclear modernisation and weakening arms-control frameworks
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