China and Pakistan have more Nuclear Weapons: Is growing stock of nuclear weapons is a reason for concern of India?
6 August 1945
9 August 1945
These are two dates that call attention to the threat to the existence of the world from nuclear weapons. About 76 years ago today, in the year 1945, the first and last time an atomic bomb was dropped on a country in the world. The US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, and on Nagasaki on August 9.
For the first time since the Cold War…
Hiroshima and Nagasaki testify to this day how atomic bombs can destroy humanity. The people there have not been able to recover from the effects of nuclear attack even after 76 years. On the other hand, today, even 76 years after that devastation, nine countries of the world have more than 13,000 nuclear weapons, which have the potential to cause much more destruction at present.
Swedish think-tech Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its annual report on Monday. In this, much important information related to nuclear weapons has come to the fore. According to the report, this is the first time since the end of the Cold War (1990) that the reduction of nuclear weapons in the world has stopped. It has also been told in the report that India's neighboring countries China and Pakistan are far ahead in terms of nuclear weapons.
China's threat
After the release of this report, China is being discussed the most. In the Indian context as well as in the global context. Looking from the Indian perspective, the border dispute with China is still going on and incidentally, this report of SIPRI comes on the completion of one year of the violent conflict between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Galvan Valley. In this conflict, 20 security forces of India were killed. Since then, the relations between the two countries have not been normal.
Internationally, many powerful countries of the world are trying to surround China all-round. Be it the G-7 summit, the meeting of NATO leaders, or the meeting of the Quad countries. The dangers arising from the ever-increasing dominance of China are being talked about in every forum. At the same time, China is responding aggressively to everyone. Whether it's replying to the G-7 countries that 'the era when small groups used to decide the fate of the world' or to say to the member countries of NATO that its policy is 'protective in nature.
The challenges for India are no less than the neighboring country of Pakistan. Even though ceasefire is going on along the Line of Control with Pakistan, but when the tension will suddenly increase, nothing can be known about it.
Threats to India
In such a situation, after the report of SIPRI, these questions are constantly arising that why there is such a competition to increase the number of nuclear weapons and what can be its dangers? Defense analyst Rahul Bedi believes that calling the increase in the number of nuclear weapons 'race or race' is not entirely appropriate. He told the BBC, "We have to understand that the production of nuclear weapons is a continuous process. It is not possible that a country suddenly stops making nuclear weapons and starts again after some time."
"If the weapon manufacturing stops once, then the whole process will have to be started from the very beginning. So in my opinion it would not be fair to call it a competition," says Bedi. If we talk about India, Pakistan, and China, then all three are neighboring countries, and all three are endowed with nuclear power. On the other hand, India continues to have border disputes with both Pakistan and China.
Rahul says, "The situation of India, Pakistan, and China is very unique
Rahul Bedi says, "The situation of India, Pakistan, and China is very unique. There are very few countries equipped with nuclear power in the world, whose border conflicts go on almost all the time. Whether it is through firing or any other means. from."
Bedi says that we should also not forget that Pakistan and China are the two countries where the control of nuclear weapons is basically in the hands of the military. In such a situation, this situation becomes even more dangerous for India. He says, "Another thing to note is that Pakistan and China are not only military allies but also nuclear allies somewhere." Rahul Bedi also says that the talk of nuclear disarmament in such a sensitive situation seems to be just an 'ideological dream'.
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