India has made great achievements in expanding its indigenous defense industry with the ‘Make in India’ and ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ initiatives. The latest report released by global think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on Monday (December 1, 2025) contains a list of the top 100 arms manufacturing companies around the world, in which the names of three Indian companies have also been included.

Which Indian companies are included in the list?,

According to the latest report of SIPRI, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), which manufactures Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas fighter jet in India, is ranked 44th in the list of 100 top arms manufacturing companies in the world. At the same time, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), which manufacturers radar and electronic warfare systems, is at 58th position. Mazagon Dockyard Limited (MDL), which manufactures warships and submarines in India, is ranked 91st in SIPRI’s list.

4 American companies among top-5 arms companies

According to the report, four of the world’s top-5 arms manufacturing companies are from America alone, which includes Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics. One of the first five companies is England based BAE Systems, which is at fourth place in the list.

Record level income from military arms and services in 2024

Global thinktank SIPRI has released its new report titled ‘The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-Producing and Military Services Companies, 2024’ on Monday (December 1, 2025). According to which, the income from sales of the world’s top 100 arms and military services manufacturing companies has reached a record figure of $ 679 billion in 2024.

Talking about the income of America’s top-3 arms companies Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics, the combined income of these three American companies increased by 3.8 percent to reach $334 billion in 2024. 39 American companies are included in the list of world’s top 100 companies, out of which 30 companies have registered an increase in their income.

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When the whole world is struggling with climate change and global recession, China is quietly busy strengthening its nuclear warhead. According to a recent report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), China’s nuclear stockpile is now increasing rapidly.

While China had 410 nuclear warheads in 2023, this number will reach 500 in 2024. The most shocking thing is that in just one year, China has added about 100 new nuclear weapons and this pace is not stopping. Preliminary figures for 2025 show that this figure may go even higher.

India will have to make a strategy

This can affect not only Asia but the strategic balance of the entire world. The eyes of America, Russia, India and other nuclear-rich countries have now become even more alert on China’s activities. This is a warning to India that it may have to rethink its security policy and nuclear policy. Although China has publicly reiterated its policy of ‘no first use’ i.e. no first nuclear attack, its rapidly growing nuclear power is making this policy questionable.

China did the first test in the year 1964

China officially started its nuclear weapons program in 1955, which was named ‘Project 596’. It received initial technical help from the Soviet Union. After that, in the year 1964, China successfully conducted its first nuclear test. This test was conducted at a place called Lop Nur and it was a fission based nuclear bomb.

After this successful test, China became the fifth nuclear weapons country in the world. America, Soviet Union, Britain and France were already included in this list. After this, China conducted 45 nuclear tests in Lop Noor from 1964 to 1996 i.e. for 3 decades.

China is building 350 new missile silos

China accelerated development and testing of missile-based nuclear weapons. During this period, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and submarine-launched systems were developed. Although it has signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), it has not yet ratified it.

Since 2020, China has started rapidly increasing its nuclear weapons stockpile. According to SIPRI and the US Defense Department, if growth continues at this pace, China’s number of warheads could exceed 1500 by 2035. The SIPRI report claims that China is building about 350 new missile silos. Either these have been built or are in the construction stage.

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