The largest share of India’s imports came from Russia (36 per cent); however, this was a significantly smaller share than in 2015–19 (55 per cent) and 2010–14 (72 per cent).
Of the total global inventory of an estimated 12512 warheads in January 2023, about 9576 were in military stockpiles for potential use -- 86 more than in January 2022.
While India's nuclear stockpile increased from 156 in January 2021 to 160 in January 2022, Pakistan's nuclear stockpile has remained at 165 in January 2021 and January 2022, it claimed.
"The five largest spenders in 2021 were the US, China, India, the UK and Russia, together accounting for 62 per cent of expenditure, according to new data on global military spending," said SIPRI
