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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
4,215
AFV
8,600
Artillery
4,339
Self-propelled guns
100
Rocket artillery
700
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 126
- NAMICA 12
BMP-2 Sarath 2400
Casspir 200
- OFB Aditya 1600
- TATA Kestrel 21

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
K9 VAJRA-T 100

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
BM-21 150
Smerch 9K58 42
- Pinaka MBRL 72
- Prithvi-II -
- BrahMos -
- Nirbhay -

Air Forces

Total aircraft
2,659
Fighters
101
Multirole
413
Attack
115
Helicopters
1,194
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 61
MiG-21 40

Multirole aircraft

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- SEPECAT Jaguar 115

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- Kamov Ka-31 14
- Kamov Ka-27 14
Mil Mi-24 15
- HAL Rudra 91
Mil Mi-8/17 222
- HAL Dhruv 209
- HAL Chetak 328
- HAL Cheetah 218
- Westland Sea King 25
- HAL Prachand 15
Boeing AH-64 22
CH-47 Chinook 15
SH-60 Seahawk 6

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
IAI_Eitan 10
MQ-9 Reaper 2

Navy

Total naval
287
Aircraftcarriers
2
Destroyers
13
Frigates
14
Corvettes
18
Submarines
18
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
- Vikrant class 1

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
- Visakhapatnam class 4
Kolkata class 3
- Delhi class 3
- Rajput class 3

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
- Shivalik class 3
Talwar class 7
- Brahmaputra class 3
- Nilgiri class 1

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
Kamorta class 4
- Kora class 4
- Khukri class 2
Veer class 7
- Abhay class 1

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- Kalvari class 5
- Sindhughosh 7
Shishumar 4
- Arihant class 2

☢ 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.