India Vs China Military Comparison

In 1962 the world's two most populous countries went to war against one another in a pair of remote mountainous border regions china-india relations never fully recovered from a 1962 war and to this day India and Chinese forces faced each other across the line of actual control over the last three decades India has been experiencing momentous variations in its military strategic thinking who results in this brings the significant changes in its defence policies as well it has been trying to revolutionize its military capacity through important sophisticated conventional arms China however its growing military has transformed it from a mainly ground-based threat to a multi-faceted one with powerful assets in the air at sea and even in space so who do you think is stronger is it India or China well let's find out let's have a look at the general information about the two countries New Delhi serves as the capital of India whereas the capital city of China is Beijing according to the last population census India has a population of one point three seven eight billion whereas the giant of the East China reaches the astonishing number of one point four three five billion population India is the seventh largest country in the world with the total area of three point two eight seven million square kilometers covering approximately nine point five nine million square kilometers China is the world's fourth largest country by area and now since oil became important for militaries in today's world and fuel consumption by the military has been steadily increasing let's compare the oil resources of these two giants India produces 1.6 million barrels per day of oil ranking 20th in the world whereas China produces 3.8 million barrels ranking 4th in the world India consumes 5 million barrels per day of oil on the average and it ranks 3rd in the world whereas China consumes 13.5 million barrels of oil per day which ranks second in the world even when it comes to proven oil China is far more compared to India ranking 14th in the world whereas India ranks 24th in the world the Indian army developed firmly in light of India's Imperial heritage large Indian formations had fought in several theatres of the World War two including North Africa and Burma these forces what in many ways form the core of the new Indian military the Indian Armed Forces are the military forces of the current Republic of India it consists of three professional uniformed services that is the Indian Army Indian Navy and the Indian Air Forces the People's Liberation Army on the other hand consists of five professional service branches the ground force Navy Air Force rocket force and the strategic support force the Indian Army is the largest standing army in the world with one point two three million active troops while the ground forces of the People's Liberation Army is the second largest in the world with 975 thousand active troops as of June 2019 Indian Navy has 67,252 active personnel while People's Liberation Army Navy has 240,000 active personnel a hundred and thirty-nine thousand five hundred seventy-six personnel are in service with the Indian Air Force and 398,000 personnel are in service with the People's Liberation Army Air Force the People's Liberation Army also have the People's Liberation Army rocket force which have a hundred thousand active troops so this gives a total of 2.3 million active personnel and Indian Armed Forces has a total of one point four four million active personnel the Indian armed forces have a reserve personnel of 1.15 million numbers while People's Liberation Army has five hundred 10,000 reserve personnel defense spending is one of the most direct ways of measuring a country's potential military capability India's defence budget is growing at an impressive clip but the rise in personal cars are crowding out resources for modernization understanding the connection between China's military spending and China's military power is complicated by a lack of transparency however based on the latest report has china military expenditure of 175 billion u.s. dollars as far as India is concerned it has increased its military expenditure by 6.8 percent as compared to 2018 reaching  71.1 billion for 2019 which ranks third in the world India's military expenditures accounted for 2.4 percent of its GDP whereas China accounted for only 1.9 percent of its total GDP the Indian army operating on land is the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces and even the people's liberation army ground forces is the largest and oldest branch of the entire Chinese Armed Forces now let's have a look at how many numbers of equipments they have India has 4,795 numbers of Tanks while China has 6960 numbers the number of armoured fighting vehicles for India is more compared to China India has 266 rocket projectors vs. 3,800 to China as for field artillery India is nearly two times compared to its rival however China has more self-propelled artillery compared to India now advances in military technology means India's large reserves of manpower are no longer as useful as they once were Indian selection of the ah-64d Apache su-30mki refiled fighter jets is a prime example of technology over manpower since the 1990s the pl double AF has made impressive strides in its capabilities through investments in tactical aviation they have a combination of j-10 SJ 11s su-27 su1230 Mk and chengdu j-20 which are fifth-generation fighter jet this aircraft represents significant progress in China's air combat capability and furthermore China's progress in upgrading its air combat capability has also been considerable in terms of the expansion of its variety of air-to-air missiles it has now begun fielding the extended range radar-guided PL 15 given it the ability to threaten targets and high ranges this will influence how India regards its future threat in and impact how the IAF operates force multipliers like air-to-air refueling tankers and airborne early warning and control systems since both will be at risk from Chinese long-range missiles like the PL 15 in terms of combat aircraft China is three times more compared to India India has seven hundred twenty two helicopters versus 911 to China as for transports and trainers India is just a bit more compared to China this all makes total of 2,000 123 numbers of total aircraft for India and 3000 2110 that of China now history shows that Arrancar on land or in the air can easily sprawl out to sea or a saltwater conflict could ensue independently of events ashore to Indian Mariners command a human advantage well that's hard to say because there's little history by which to judge neither modern India nor modern China has fought a major naval engagement the indian navy have already fielded the air we had class which is a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine which makes india the 6th country ever to do so on the other hand the chinese have already filled at the o52 d destroyer which is a missile guided destroyer this double G's act as a carrier shotgun using their missiles to fend off aerial missile or subsurface assault they can also serve as capital ships in their own right leading surface action groups against other fleets or Shore targets now apart from these newly naval monster equipments let's jump into their current naval strength China's fleet strength is nearly three times more compared India and both have the same number of aircraft carriers China have more than four times the number of submarines compared to India but about two-thirds of their total submarines are diesel submarines even in the case of destroyers frigates and Corvettes China has more compared to India and not just these China has a lot more coastal patrol and mind warfare as well the People's Republic of China has developed and possesses weapons of mass destruction including chemical and nuclear weapons the first of China's nuclear weapon tests took place in 1964 and is first Hydrozen bomb took place in 1967 although the exact size of China's nuclear stockpile has not been publicly disclosed reports by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute indicate that China is estimated to have an arsenal of about 290 total warheads as of 2018 while India on the other hand has around 140 Arsenal's according to some estimates China could more than double the number of warhead on missiles that could threaten even the United States by the mid-2020s China's defence reforms still have a long way to go compared to Western models of armaments production the Chinese arms industries remains highly status in form and function but compared to India it is the epitome of efficiency and the state-of-the-art in the regional race to become the great power of Asia China's military is increasingly equipped with very modern and very capable indigenious Li sourced armaments while India should focus more on offensive cyber warfare long-range precision weapons hypersonic anti-ship missiles submarines maritime surveillance and anti satellite technology