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Indian Armed forces

India
Population
1,375,586,000
Military budget
74 billion $
Active personnel
1,400,000
Nuclear weapons
☢
150 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: New Delhi
Area: 3,287,590 km2
Population: 1,375,586,000
Etnic groups: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3%
Religions: Hindu 79.8%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.7%, other and unspecified 2%

Military branches

(भारतीय सशस्त्र सेना) Army, Navy (includes naval air arm), Air Force, Coast Guard.

Military service

16-18 years of age for voluntary military service (Army 17 1/2, Air Force 17, Navy 16 1/2); no conscription; women may join as officers, but for noncombat roles only.

Military expenditures

Military budget
74 billion $
Percent of GDP
2

Manpower

Active personnel
1,400,000
Reserve
1,155,000
Available
319,129,420

Land Forces

Tanks
4,614
AFV
8,600
Artillery
2,799
Self-propelled guns
100
Rocket artillery
960
Armoured fighting vehicles includes infantry fighting vehicles, tank destroyers, armoured personnel carriers, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles(MRAP), amphibious and reconnaissance vehicles.
Total artillery includes towed, self-propelled gun(SPG) and rocket artillery.

Tanks

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
- Kalyani Group M4 -
BMP-2 Sarath 2500
- Mahindra Straton Plus -
Casspir 255
- Aditya MPV 970
- TATA Kestrel -

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
K9 VAJRA-T 100

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
BM-21 240
Smerch 9K58 372
- Pinaka Mark1 280
- Pinaka Mark 2 68
- Prithvi-II -
- BrahMos -
- Nirbhay -

Air Forces

Total aircraft
2,263
Fighters
173
Multirole
405
Attack
120
Helicopters
729
UCAV (combat drone)
12
Total aircraft - number of all military aircraft and helicopters in country. Includes training and cargo aircraft. Does not include drones.
Attack includes ground-attack and strategic bomber aircraft.

Fighter aircraft

TypeNameNumber
MiG-29 66
MiG-21 107

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- Kamov Ka-27 14
Sukhoi Su-30MKI 272
Dassault Mirage 2000 49
- HAL Tejas 22
MiG-29K 36
Dassault Rafale 26

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- SEPECAT Jaguar 120

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
Mil Mi-24 15
- HAL Rudra 91
- HAL LCH 2
Mil Mi-8/17 223
- HAL Dhruv 130
- HAL Chetak 129
- HAL Cheetah 52
- Westland Sea King 31
- SH-3 Sea King 6
Boeing AH-64 22
- HAL Dhruv 109
CH-47 Chinook 15
- Mil Mi-26 3
SH-60 Seahawk 2

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
IAI_Eitan 10
MQ-9 Reaper 2

Navy

Total naval
267
Aircraftcarriers
1
Destroyers
11
Frigates
13
Corvettes
23
Submarines
16
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

TypeNameNumber
Kiev class 1

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
Kolkata class 3
- Delhi class 3
- Rajput class 5

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
- Shivalik class 3
Talwar class 6
- Brahmaputra class 3
- Godavari class 1

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
Kamorta class 4
- Kora class 4
- Khukri class 4
Veer class 8
- Abhay class 3

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- Kalvari class 3
- Sindhughosh 8
Shishumar 4
- Arihant class 1

☢ Nuclear weapons

India is not a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. India maintains a "no first use" nuclear policy

India has not released any official statements about the size of its nuclear arsenal. As of January 2020, India was estimated to have around 150 warheads.