6. Pakistan
Number of warheads: Unknown, suspected between 120–130
Delivery method: Land and air
Pakistan ranks 6th in our list of countries with nukes. It is fully devoted to the development of nuclear weapons after the disastrous defeat it suffered against India in 1971. The first successful public test, code-named Chagai-I, came in 1998, just a few months after India conducted its own testing. This led to both countries being placed under sanctions by the United States and Japan, as well as several other countries. Since then, India and Pakistan have signed several bilateral treaties aimed at avoiding the use of nuclear weapons. They have promised not to attack each other’s nuclear facilities (to ensure that mistakes are avoided, each January 1st officials from both countries meet to exchange lists of such sites) and established a direct phone line between the head of states. These measures have relieved some of the tensions regarding nuclear weapons in South East Asia, although Pakistan remains a crisis spot due to its involvement with terrorist elements both within and outside its borders.
