India and Pakistan: Rivals in a nuclear arms race

On Sunday, this year's Nobel Peace Prize will be handed to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - or ICAN. In the days leading up to the ceremony in Oslo, Al Jazeera is looking at the nuclear status of a number of countries.

The rivalry between India and Pakistan has been in place since the split that created two separate nations in 1947.

An already violent conflict went nuclear in the 1970s, when both countries tested atomic bombs.

They have been developing new military technology to gain strategic advantage in the region ever since, including nuclear bombs.

Al Jazeera's Zein Basravi reports from Islamabad.

[zehranveladimir]

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[tnsyr]

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[asadabdullah]

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[ismailHossain-lnln]

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[shahbazkayani]

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[NepalAffairs]

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[mariaambreen]

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[YasirKhan-fswu]

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[syedmuzammil]

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[sajidsiddique]

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[tomatoisasquishyfruit]

This is not 1980. India cannot be compared to Pakistan today. The difference is almost as profound as the difference between North and South Korea.

[aashaikh]

India never thinks itself as rival of anyone in nuclear race. This is the reason even after being larger than Pakistan we have lesser nukes than Pakistan. We just want to show that we too have the power and ability.

[anithsurendran]

2.36 reality. India and Pakistan Are Brothers from One Mother .😍

[Mugheraa]

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[hamzach]

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[ssah]

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