India of course remains concerned about the continuing clandestine. China is in a different league altogether with its type 094 or jin class submarines armed with the 7 400 km jl 2 missiles. 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. India is estimated to have produced enough military plutonium for 150 to 200 nuclear warheads but has likely produced only 150 a dditional plutonium will be required to produce warheads for missiles now under development and india is reportedly building several new plutonium production facilities the study s authors added.
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. India also appears to be developing its next generation of ssbns. India operates a ship launched and a submarine launched nuclear capable ballistic missile and is developing a second submarine launched ballistic missile for eventual deployment on a small fleet of nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines.
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.
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.
