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China, India Increasing Their Nuclear Arsenal, Doing Significant Modernization 

Nuclear powers continue to modernize their arsenals, including India and China, researchers said Monday, warning that tensions were rising and the outlook for arms control was “bleak.” “The loss of key channels of communication between Russia and the USA… could potentially lead to a new nuclear arms race,” said Shannon Kile, director of the nuclear arms control program at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and co-author of the report. Russia and the US account for more than 90 percent of the world’s nuclear weapons. Kile was referring to the future of the New START treaty between the US and Russia, which is set to expire in February 2021. It is the final nuclear deal still in force between the two superpowers, aimed at maintaining their nuclear arsenals below Cold War levels. “Discussions to extend New START or to negotiate a new treaty made no progress in 2019,” the SIPRI researchers noted. At the same time, nuclear powers continue to modernize their weapons while China and India are increasing the size of their arsenals. “China is in the middle of a significant modernization of its nuclear arsenal. It is developing a so-called nuclear triad for the first time, made …

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Four Rebels Killed in Second Indian Kashmir Clash in Two Days

Four suspected rebels were killed by government forces in Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday just hours after five militants died in a firefight in the same area.

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US approves $63 million sale of Mk 54 torpedoes to India

The US has approved a possible $63 million sale of 16 Mk 54 lightweight torpedoes to India for use on its P-8I aircraft

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The US Department of State approved a possible sale to India of a medium-range Integrated Air Defense Weapon System (IADWS) for $1.9 billion

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US approves $1 billion sale of MK-45 naval guns to India

The US Department of State has approved a possible $1 billion sale of up to 13 MK-45 5-inch (62-caliber) (MOD 4) naval guns to India

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Grenade blast in Kashmir market kills 1, injures 17

At least one person was killed and 17 wounded in a grenade blast at a crowded market in Indian-administered Kashmir's main city Srinagar, police and doctors said

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India hands over final pair of Mi-35 helicopter gunships to Afghanistan

India gave two more Mi-35/Mi-24V helicopter gunships to the Afghan Air Force

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India received the first of 36 Rafale fighter jets ordered from France in 2016 in a multi-billion-dollar deal tainted by suspicion of corruption

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The Indian Air Force admitted that it shot down one of its own Mi-17 helicopters during clashes with Pakistan in February over Kashmir

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India defends ‘right’ to buy Russian S-400 missile defense system

India's foreign minister defended his country's right to buy the S-400 missile defense system from Russia despite the threat of US sanctions

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