The short range prithvi ii and agni i the medium range agni ii and the intermediate range. India s nuclear missile force is only fifteen years old but it already has four types of land based ballistic missiles. India is buying thirty six french rafale fighters that carry nuclear weapons in french service and presumably could do for india.
A principal purpose of these systems is to bring more chinese east coast metropolises into. The arihant class nuclear submarine fleet armed with 3 500 kilometer range k 4 submarine launched ballistic missiles and the agni v intercontinental ballistic missile. To bolster its position against china india is pursuing two new nuclear platforms.
Over all india s nuclear triad is a mix of capabilities free falling bombs long range and quite sophisticated missiles and sub launched missiles of unclear capabilities and likely limited. Kristensen and matt korda which further suggest that the change in posture was reinforced after the 2017 doklam standoff. The analysis was done by authors hans m.
án analysis done by bulletin of the atomic scientists suggests how india s nuclear strategy which has traditionally focused on pakistan now appears to place its emphasis on china with beijing in range of indian missiles. Map of nuclear armed states of the world npt designated nuclear weapon states china france russia united kingdom united states other states with nuclear weapons india north korea pakistan other states presumed to have nuclear weapons israel nato member nuclear weapons sharing states belgium germany italy the netherlands turkey states formerly possessing nuclear weapons. 41 in addition to their ground attack role it is believed that the dassault mirage 2000s and sepecat jaguars of the indian air force are able to provide a secondary.
Nuclear armed fighter bombers were india s first and only nuclear capable strike force until 2003 when the country s first land based nuclear ballistic missiles were fielded.
