The strength of the Indian and Pakistani armed forces-India News - IBNLive Mobile
The number of Indian Army Corps is 9 while Pakistan has 8 Corps. The Indian Army has
13 lakh soldiers while Pakistan army has 6 lakh soldiers. Indian has over 8 lakh
combatants as reserves while Pakistan has 5 lakh. Indian Army has over 4100 main battle tanks while Pakistan has nearly 2500 of these
fighting machines. The Indian Air Force (1,70,000 combatants) has a strength of over
700 fighters and bombers apart from 20 attack helicopters. Pakistan (45,000) has over
400 combat aircraft. The Indian Navy comprising of 55,000 troops is way ahead of its
Pakistani counterpart with one aircraft carrier, 17 submarines including the nuclear
powered INS Chakra and over 20 other battleships. Pakistani Navy has 25,000 soldiers and about 16 ships. But sources say that more than the military strength it is the strategy and the quality of
leadership that determines the winner of a combat.
India can do three strikes corps with armoured divisions while Pakistan has only two. The two countries share a long border and the Pakistani armed forces are only geared
to fight India. So, experts don't see much difference in the capability of the armed forces
of the two countries. But Indian Air Force has far better capability than Pakistan's. India has 12 air bases
where MiGs, Jaguars, Sukhois and Mirage fighters as based. On the other hand the
Pakistan Air force has only 7 air bases where the Mirage, JF and F-16 fighters as
stationed.
But Pakistan is ahead of India in terms of the modern AWACS aircraft. The use of AWACS
planes is extremely important in modern warfare as they are equipped with radar and
can give information about enemy planes, ships and missiles. India currently has only
three AWACS while Pakistan has nine of these planes. Pakistan is reported to have 90 to 100 nuclear warheads while India has about 80
warheads. The two countries are almost at par in terms of missiles.
