- The 'SIPRI Yearbook 2022' report was released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which assesses the current state of arms, disarmament and international security.
- It is an international institute dedicated to research in warfare, armaments, arms control and disarmament.
- It was established in the year 1966 in Stockholm (Sweden).
- It provides data, data analysis and recommendations based on transparent sources to policy makers, researchers, media and informed citizens.
- Nine nuclear-armed countries—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)—continue to modernize their nuclear arsenals.
- As of January 2022, India had 160 nuclear warheads and appears to be expanding its nuclear arsenal.
- Nuclear weapons are the explosive heads of missiles or torpedoes that use nuclear energy.
- India's nuclear stockpile increased from 156 in January 2021 to 160 in January 2022.
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