By number, Indian troops will be considered superior to Pakistani troops in traditional conflicts.
India’s defense budget is more than nine times higher than Pakistan, according to this year’s edition of “Military Balance” “Appreciation of the Military by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.”
The budget supports active Indian military forces from around 1.5 million staff, compared to Pakistan’s 660,000 people.
On the groundIndia’s 1.2 million powerful army has 3,750 main combat tanks and over 10,000 cannons, but Pakistani tank forces are only two-thirds of India’s, and Islamabad is less than half of the Arsenal artillery in New Delhi.
At the seathe advantages of the Indian Navy are overwhelming. There are two aircraft carriers, 12 guided missile destroyers, 11 guided missile frigates and 16 attack submarines.
Pakistan does not have airlines or guided missile destroyers. 11 small guided missile frigates are the backbone of the Naval Fleet. It also only half of the number of Indian submarines.
both Air Force It relies heavily on older Soviet-era aircraft, including the Indian MIG-21 and Pakistan’s Chinese equivalent (J-7).
India is currently investing in 36 French-made Lafarejets, according to “Military Balance,” with 36 currently working.
Pakistan has added China’s J-10 multi-roll jet. Currently, there are over 20 people in the fleet.
Pakistan still has dozens of US F-16 fighters, but the backbone of its fleet became the JF-17, a joint project with China that went online in the early 2000s. Approximately 150 people use it.
The Russian-made aircraft play a key role in the Indian air fleet, with over 100 MIG-29 fighters serving the air force and navy combined with more than 260 SU-30 ground attack jets.
Rivals are in their ability close to range Nuclear forces, India has longer-range ballistic missiles than Pakistan, but each has around five dozen surface-to-face launchers.
