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The Asian nuclear arms race

Asian countries pile up nuclear arms DW, 3 June 13 The arms race in
Asia has increased since 2008 mainly due to growing tensions between
China and Japan, the two Koreas, and India and Pakistan, says the
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in its report.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) says in
its latest report that China, India and Pakistan have added more
nuclear weapons to their stock in the last few years.
The annual report claims that while China appears to be expanding its
nuclear arsenal, India and Pakistan are increasing both their nuclear
as well as their conventional weapons.
Pakistan is also enhancing its plutonium production at the central
Khushab city, which is home to the Heavy Water and Natural Uranium
Research Reactor – an important component of the Islamic state’s
special weapons program.
SIPRI further says that in 2012 China, India and Pakistan added 10
warheads each to their nuclear storage. China, it says, now has 250
nuclear warheads, whereas Pakistan possesses 100 to 120, and India 90
to 110.
The three Asian countries are home to over 2.7 billion people, which
is nearly 40 percent of the global population…..
http://www.dw.de/asian-countries-pile-up-nuclear-arms/a-16856178

June 4, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | ASIA, weapons and war