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Asia Power Index
2025 Edition
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Nuclear second‑strike capability

Proxy: Ballistic missile submarines (2025)

This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for nuclear second-strike capability. Embed

Nuclear second-strike capability

Proxy: Ballistic missile submarines (2025)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
rank
Year
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — United States
    14 2025
  • 2 85.7 — Russia
    12 2025
  • 3 42.9 — China
    6 2025
  • 4 14.3 India
    2 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Australia
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Bangladesh
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Brunei
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Cambodia
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Indonesia
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Japan
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Laos
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Malaysia
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Mongolia
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Myanmar
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Nepal
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — New Zealand
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — North Korea
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Pakistan
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Philippines
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Singapore
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — South Korea
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Sri Lanka
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Taiwan
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Thailand
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Timor-Leste
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Vietnam
    — 2025
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