No 6. India
| First test | 1974 |
| Nuclear stockpile size | 40-95 |
| Last nuclear test | 1998 |
| Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty status | Non-signatory |
India possesses nuclear weapons and is also capable of delivering them through aircrafts and surface ships. Its nuclear-capable submarines are under development. India’s first nuclear test was, interestingly, named “Smiling Buddha” as it was a “peaceful nuclear explosive”. A wave of economic sanctions against India by America, Japan and other countries materialized after the 1998 explosions.
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No 5. China
| First test | 1964 |
| Nuclear stockpile size | 240 |
| Last nuclear test | 1996 |
| Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty status | Signatory |
After testing its first atomic bomb, China tested its hydrogen bomb in 1967. China currently has 180 active nuclear warheads. China is the only nuclear weapons state to give a security assurance to non-nuclear-weapon states: “China undertakes not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states or nuclear-weapon-free zones at any time or under any circumstances.”
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