Pakistani Armed forces

Pakistan
Population
242,923,845
Military budget
10.4 billion $
Active personnel
654,000
Nuclear weapons
120–130 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Islamabad
Area: 881,913 km2
Population: 242,923,845
Etnic groups: Punjabi 44.68%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.42%, Sindhi 14.1%, Sariaki 8.38%, Muhajirs 7.57%, Balochi 3.57%, other 6.28%
Religions: Muslim 96.4% (Sunni 85-90%, Shia 10-15%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 3.6%

Military branches

(پاک مُسَلّح افواج‎,) Pakistan Army (includes National Guard), Pakistan Navy (includes Maritime Security Agency), Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza'ya).

Military service

16-23 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers cannot be deployed for combat until age 18; the Pakistani Air Force and Pakistani Navy have inducted their first female pilots and sailors; the Pakistan Air Force recruits aviation technicians at age 15; service obligation (Navy) 10-18 years; retirement required after 18-30 years service or age 40-52.

Military expenditures

Military budget
10.4 billion $
Percent of GDP
4

Manpower

Active personnel
654,000
Reserve
550,000
Available
48,453,305

Land Forces

Tanks
3,742
AFV
8,710
Artillery
6,308
Self-propelled guns
1,225
Rocket artillery
1,738
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

TypeNameNumber
- VT-4 176
- Type 85-IIAP 410
- Type 69 400

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
- Al-Fahd 1000
- Kirpi 100
- Dragoon 2 600
- Type 63 100
- Maaz 500
- Sakb 700
- Otokar Cobra 800
- Casspir 150

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
- SH-15 300
- M110 140

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
- KRL Fatah-1 -

Air Forces

Total aircraft
1,531
Fighters
60
Multirole
275
Attack
69
Helicopters
400
UCAV (combat drone)
113
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

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- Dassault Mirage III 60

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- Dassault Mirage 5 69

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- Airbus Helicopters H125M 32
- Aérospatiale Puma 43
- Aérospatiale Alouette III 20
- Aérospatiale Lama 17
- Bell 412 32
- Westland Sea King 19
- Bell 206 JetRanger 23
- AW139 14
- Mil Mi-14 2

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
- Shahpar-2 -
- NESCOM Burraq 13

Navy

Total naval
96
Aircraftcarriers
0
Destroyers
0
Frigates
8
Corvettes
0
Submarines
6
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
- Zulfiquar class 4
- Tughril class 2

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
- Yarmook class 2
- Azmat class 4

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- Cosmos-class 3
- Hangor class -
- Agosta-70 class 2
- Agosta-90B class 3

Nuclear weapons

Pakistan is one of several nations that are not the part of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Yet, the Pakistani government managed to acquire nuclear warheads, or at least it is believed so. The entire pursuit for nuclear power began at the beginning of 1970s. It was back then, when Western Powers heard about Pakistan efforts of developing nuclear weapons. At the beginning the government established first nuclear power plant. It was located near Karachi. Noteworthy is the fact that it was possible due to the help of Western nations, which provided Pakistan with necessary equipment and materials. Later on, the president of Pakistan said that the main goal of Pakistan is to construct nuclear weapons. It was a response to India’s claim that they are capable of building nuclear weapons.

Although throughout the 1970s and at the beginning of 1980s there were little facts regarding Pakistan’ nuclear capabilities, there were rumours that from the mid-1980s, Pakistan already had a few warheads. However, it was only in 1998 that Pakistan decided to conduct their first nuclear tests. There were 6 tests and they were the response to 5 tests that India conducted several weeks before Pakistan.