India Vs China Military might: "/" separates two with India on left and
China on right.
Active military: 1,325,000/2,285,000. Reserve: 1,155,000/510,000.
Paramilitary: 2,288,407/1,132,000. Total Aircraft: 1970/2780. Total
Helicopters: 532/856. Total Airports: 352/505. Tanks: 3578/9150. APC:
5085/4788. Self propelled guns: 290/1710. Towed Artillery/Howitzers:
6445/6246. Multiple launch rocket system: 292/1770. Marine ports: 7/14.
Navy ships: 183/469. Aircraft carrier: 2/1. Submarines: 19/69. Frigates:
15/45. Destroyers: 11/24. Corvettes: 25/9. Minesweepers: 7/119. Patrol
Craft: 51/182.
India is way ahead of China if number of troops is concerned. IAF is
much more sophisticated and modern than reverse engineered Chinese
Aircraft. So thats not a big problem too as Rafale or Eurofighter is
joining the IAF fleet soon along with LCA Tejas. India also has
Hypersonic Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) and Advanced Air Defence (AAD).
China has no Air defence. That means India is very well defended to
Pakistan and Chinese missiles.
India is good with their stealth
Ballistic missile too as Agni-IV, Agni-V ICBM, Nirbhay, BrahMos, Prahar,
Dhanush, Prithvi are doing successful test and induction, though the
number is less. India is also getting hyper tactical ballistic missile
as a BrahMos variant. China has no such tactical ballistic missile.
While Chinese missiles have not went through much success and so does
its ally's Pakistan with number of failures. India is also getting a new
mountain corp numbering 40,000 along Chinese border by mid 2016. India
also has a force of thousands of ATGM and also getting more than 8000
Spike ATGM from Israel next year. What India really lacks against China
is in waters. India needs to focus more on Navy with their ageing fleet
becoming obsolete.
Possible allies with India in the wake of a conflict: Russis (Financial +
Equipment;), Japan (Financial + Equipment), USA (Equipment), Israel
(Equipment), France/Germany/UK: (Financial/Equipment),
Vietnam/Tajikistan/Singapore/Australia: (Strategic Regional Partners).
Possible allies with China: Russia (Financial), Ukraine (Equipment),
Pakistan/North Korea/Bangladesh: (Strategic Regional partners).
India is still a massive power in the Asia with these forces. Engaging a
war with India would be a long one and destructive, catastrophic.
Pakistan should be aware of that before any provocation along the
border.
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INS Vikramaditya taking a swift maneuver during trial. |