New Delhi, 9/6: India, for the first time, has 12 nuclear warheads in a “deployed” condition unlike the past when nuclear weapons were a part of the military stockpile, according to a new report that hints at a shift in government’s position.The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, in its Yearbook 2026, says out of India’s inventory of 190 nuclear weapons, 12 are “deployed warheads”, which means such warheads are either “placed on missiles or located on bases with operation.
