Global Security | MCQs

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In June 2022, Russia promised its ally Belarus to deliver nuclear- capable missiles very soon.

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Number of Nuclear weapons in SIPRI report 2024

Russia: 5580 (first)

USA: 5044 (second)

India: 172

Pakistan: 170

Note: SIPRI is a think tank from Sweden. 

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Russia on October 7, 2020 said it had successfully tested a new hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile in a move hailed by President Vladimir Putin as a “great event” for the country.

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 March 1948

From May 28-30, 1998, Pakistan conducted up to six nuclear tests. According to a statement from the Pakistani government, the nuclear test equipment contained "uranium-235" called "weapons-grade uranium" (WGU, uranium rich in more than 90% uranium-235). The  uranium was produced at the Khan Research Laboratories (KRL), called the Kafta Plant, near Islamabad, according to a statement. Pakistan's tests remove doubts about its ability to produce nuclear weapons, but Pakistan's WGU stockpile estimates are full of significant uncertainty.

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Russia

India and Russia have jointly developed a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile. BrahMos comes in three versions: ship / land launch, aerial launch, and in-launch. The ship / land version was operational at the end of  2007. BrahMos has the ability to attack targets on land.

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North Korea fired a “hypersonic missile” that successfully hit a target on 12 January 2022. 

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North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast on June 5, 2022, likely its largest single test, a day after South Korea and the United States ended joint military drills.

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A weapon of mass destruction is a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, or any other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to numerous humans or cause great damage to human-made structures, natural structures, or the biosphere.