India is not a signatory to the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which India argues entrenches the status quo of the existing nuclear weapons states whilst preventing general nuclear disarmament.[5] India tested a nuclear device in 1974 (code-named "Smiling Buddha"), which it called a "peaceful nuclear explosion." The test used plutonium produced in the Canadian-supplied CIRUS reactor, and raised concerns that nuclear technology supplied for peaceful purposes could be diverted to weapons purposes. This also stimulated the early work of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.[6] India performed further nuclear tests in 1998 (code-named "Operation Shakti").
India has signed and ratified both the Biological Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Name | Class | Range | Payload | Status |
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Agni-I | SRBM | 700 km | 1,000 kg | Operational |
Agni-II | MRBM | 2,200 km | 500 kg - 1,000 kg | Operational |
Agni-II Prime | MRBM | 2,750 km - 3,000 km | 500 kg - 1,500 kg | Under Development |
Agni-III | IRBM | 3,500 km | 2,490 kg | Under induction |
Agni-V | ICBM | 5,000 km - 6,000 km | 3,000 kg+ | Under Development |
Agni 3SL | ICBM | 5,200 km - 11,600 km | 700 kg - 1,400 kg | Under Development |
Dhanush | SRBM | 350 km | 500 kg | Operational |
Nirbhay | Subsonic Cruise Missile | 1,000 km | ? | Under Development |
Brahmos | Supersonic Cruise Missile | 290 km | 300 kg | Operational |
P-70 Ametist | Anti-shipping Missile | 65 km | 530 kg | Operational |
P-270 Moskit | Supersonic Cruise Missile | 120 km | 320 kg | Operational |
Popeye | ASM | 78 km | 340 kg | Operational |
Prithvi-I | SRBM | 150 km | 1000 kg | Operational |
Prithvi-II | SRBM | 250 km | 500 kg | Operational |
Prithvi-III | SRBM | 350 km | 500 kg | Operational |
Sagarika | SLBM | 700 km - 2,200 km | 150 kg - 1000 kg | Under Development |
Shaurya | TBM | 700 km - 2,200 km | 150 kg - 1,000 kg | Under Development |