Russia's nuclear arsenal, the world's largest: Key factsPresident Vladimir Putin has warned the West about Russia's potential use of nuclear weapons if attacked with conventional missiles. Russia...
26 Sep, 2024, 02.56 PM IST
Russia's nuclear arsenal: How big is it, and who controls it?Vladimir Putin's warning about Russia's nuclear readiness has sparked global concern. With the world's largest nuclear warhead stockpile at...
13 Mar, 2024, 01.21 PM IST
View: An INFRUS alliance for building nuclear deterrence against ChinaThe new deal is envisaged as an Indo-French collaboration with American blessings to help India strengthen its sea-based nuclear deterrent,...
17 Jul, 2022, 11.54 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tributes to scientists on Pokhran tests anniversaryModi tweeted, "Today, on National Technology Day, we express gratitude to our brilliant scientists and their efforts that led to the succes...
11 May, 2022, 10.24 AM IST
View: This nuclear arms race is worse than the last oneOne of the most frightening is nuclear war. Unfortunately, the risk of that happening keeps rising.
18 Jun, 2020, 08.16 PM IST
Why bind ourselves to 'no first use policy', says Manohar Parrikar on India's nuke doctrineDefence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that India should say it will use its nuclear powers “responsibly” instead of stressing on “no f...
12 Jul, 2018, 09.08 PM IST
Pakistan says was forced to test nukes in 1998 due to 'hostile posturing' by IndiaIndia conducted a series of five nuclear bomb test explosions at the Pokhran in May, 1998, which was soon followed by Pakistan's tests.
27 May, 2018, 10.33 PM IST
A Chuckling Buddha: India, not US, got the nuke question rightIndia chose the right time to become an overt nuclear weapons state, which happened after Pokhran-II in 1998. US-led nuclear nonproliferati...
10 May, 2018, 11.14 AM IST
Modi's Japan visit 2014: DNA of non-violence engrained in our society, says PM Narendra Modi on why India not signing NPTModi sought to address concerns of international community over India not signing the NPT by saying that the country's commitment to peace ...
03 Sep, 2014, 06.24 AM IST
- 'India, Pak added 20-30 nuclear warheads'
India and Pakistan have added 20-30 nuclear warheads in their arsenal in the past one year, a global think tank said on Tuesday.
08 Jun, 2011, 11.26 AM IST
- Pakistan's nuke arsenal bigger than India's
After racing ahead of India in ballistic and cruise missiles, with covert help from China and North Korea, Pakistan seems to be surging ahe...
03 Jun, 2010, 07.05 AM IST
- Damaging fallout: 'Dud' Pokhran II blows up 11 years later
Embarrassing details about the test fizzling out have exploded into a full blown controversy with top nuclear scientists demanding that the...
18 Sep, 2009, 05.37 AM IST
- Sethna slams Kalam, says Pokhran II done in haste
Homi Sethna, a former top atomic boss, on Tuesday waded into the 1998 Pokhran row when he backed ex-DRDO scientist K Santhanam's assessment...
01 Sep, 2009, 09.22 PM IST
- India's first nuclear-powered submarine to be launched soon
India’s first nuclear-powered submarine, the top-secret ATV project, will be launched on July 26. It will constitute a big step towards our...
17 Jul, 2009, 11.07 AM IST
- India set to launch nuclear-powered submarine
Fifty-four years after the world's first nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus took to the ocean depths, India's long hunt for its own N-s...
17 Jul, 2009, 03.15 AM IST
- Advani expects early Lok Sabha polls
With issues like the Indo-US nuclear deal and the Ram Setu hotting up, BJP leader L K Advani foresees a "radical political change" and earl...
20 Sep, 2007, 11.40 AM IST
- 'CIA failed to detect Indian nuke tests in 1998'
Former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director George Tenet has written in his new book that the "failure" of the United States intel...
03 May, 2007, 09.00 AM IST