Pakistan has 170 nuclear warheads, and may increase it to 200 by 2025, says American atomic scientists

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Also Read: India prioritising longer-range nuclear weapons that can reach China; Pakistan remains primary focus: Report Due to the lack of dependable data from sources within Pakistan, the Nuclear Notebook employed a methodology that relied on a blend of open-source materials for their estimates and analytical work, PTI reported. Their information sources encompassed both state-originating data, such as government pronouncements, declassified documents, budgetary details, military demonstrations, and treaty disclosure data, as well as non-state-originating data, including media reports, think tank assessments, and industry publications.

Notably, they also made extensive use of commercial satellite imagery as part of their data sources. "Each one of these sources provides different and limited information that is subject to varying degrees of uncertainty.

We cross-checked each data point by using multiple sources and supplementing them with private conversations with officials whenever possible," the trio said. The Nuclear Notebook further noted that with several new delivery systems in development, four plutonium production reactors, and an expanding uranium enrichment infrastructure, Pakistan’s stockpile has the potential to increase further over the next several years.

Also Read:India, Pakistan share list of nuclear installations through diplomatic channels "The size of this projected increase will depend on several factors, including how many nuclear-capable launchers Pakistan plans to deploy, how its nuclear strategy evolves, and how much the Indian nuclear arsenal grows. We estimate that the country's stockpile could potentially grow to around 200 warheads by the late 2020s, at the current growth rate," the