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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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Topic: Nuclear arms

Russia to change nuclear doctrine, lower threshold due to ‘western escalation’ in Ukraine war

Moscow's existing doctrine says that Russia may use nuclear weaponry in event of nuclear attack or attack threatening its existence. It has accused the West of using Ukraine as proxy against Russia.

Agni-5 is a counter to China’s nuclear expansion, but India can’t stop at MIRVing

MIRVing permits a single missile to carry several warheads that can be aimed at multiple targets several hundred kilometres apart. It comes with pros and cons.

Russia says it won’t discuss nuclear arms control with US as long as it backs Ukraine

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that US had proposed separating the two issues & resuming talks between the two nations, which hold by far the world's biggest nuclear arsenals.

China could have as many nuclear warheads as US, Russia by turn of decade, says SIPRI report

India & Pakistan expanding nuclear arsenals, both continued developing new types of delivery systems in 2022, says Stockholm International Peace and Research Institute report.

North Korea stages ‘simulated’ nuclear strike drill on targets in South Korea

The launch comes a day before South Korea and the U.S. wrap up 11 days of combined military drills, which Pyongyang calls a war rehearsal.

Pakistan was almost bankrupt post 1971 but Bhutto went hat in hand for his nuclear quest

In The Bomb, The Bank, The Mullah and The Poppies, Iqbal Chand Malhotra analyses how Pakistan innovatively used a dodgy bank, poppy cultivation & trade to fund its nuclear programme.

Deployment of US strategic assets signals towards possible nuclear weapon usage, says N Korea

The remark appears aimed at the Ohio-class US nuclear-powered submarine which arrived at a port in Busan earlier this week, as reported by local state media KCNA.

Russia marches with a plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

The U.S. State Department denounced the deployment plan, but said Washington had no intention of altering its position on strategic nuclear weapons or seen any signs from Russia.

Russia’s nuclear weapons, its strength and who controls the arsenal

President Putin Tuesday delivered a nuclear warning to the West, suspending a nuclear arms control treaty, announcing new strategic systems & warning Moscow could resume nuclear tests.

Post string of recent missile launches, North Korea may test a nuclear device after 5 years

While the timing is still unclear, North Korea has finished all technical preparations for a new test in the underground tunnels at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test site.

On Camera

India’s TRP ecosystem needs a reset. Time to end BARC monopoly

A ratings monopoly in India has led to lack of technological variation, resulting in sluggish systems detached from market dynamics.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.