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TopicNuclear missile

Topic: nuclear missile

‘Agni’ on the move—India successfully test-fires Agni-Prime nuclear missile from a train

With the latest test, India has the capability to launch a nuclear missile from under the sea, surface, air, and now from a railway network.

Russian forces conduct second mobile nuclear missile launcher drills this month

The drills are taking place less than two months after Russia held tactical nuclear weapons deployment exercises alongside ally Belarus.

Is Pakistan arming jets with nuclear missiles? JF-17 photographed with Ra’ad-I, says US think tank

After analysing images of 'Thunder' Block II from rehearsals for 2023 Pakistan Day Parade, Federation of American Scientists says fighter has been equipped with Ra’ad-I missile.

North Korea shows off largest-ever number of nuclear missiles at nighttime parade

Leader Kim Jong Un attended with his daughter, who is seen as playing a possible future leadership role in the hereditary dictatorship.

India’s nuclear doctrine is useless. Discard no-first-use, say nukes are for China threat

The government has to change its view of nuclear weapons as mere symbols of power and see them as affording India a dynamic military means against China.

China is building several new nuclear silos. India must watch closely, but not panic

India’s nuclear capabilities definitely need enhancement. But not because of the discovery of new Chinese nuclear missile silos.

3 reasons why India can’t ignore China constructing missile silos to counter US

China has had nuclear missile launch facilities before, but the scale of these constructions is much bigger. India needs to pay close attention.

Latest US missile interception tech ends era of nuclear stability

Since Cold War, stability has been preserved through reality of mutual assured destruction. But US' new tech cuts link between offense & defense that underlies all calculations.

China is set to join US & Russia as top nuclear weapons power, Pentagon warns

China’s progress in upgrading its strategic bombers to carry nuclear payloads puts it on the cusp of achieving a 'triad' of delivery systems.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.