India, Pak, China: How does the military strength compare

While India makes attempts to de-escalate tensions with China, on the Pakistan border it counters cease fire violations and infiltrations almost everyday

By Vicky

Updated: Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 9:25 [IST]

India faces a problem from both its neigbours- China and Pakistan. While India is at battle with Pakistan almost everyday, with China it is engaged in a five week old stand off.

India, Pak, China: How does the military strength compare

While India makes attempts to de-escalate tensions with China, on the Pakistan border it counters cease fire violations and infiltrations almost everyday. In this context it would be interesting to take a look at the military might of all three countries. The data of the military might of India, Pakistan and China has been provided by globalfirepower.com.

	India	Pakistan	China
Active personnel	1,200,255	6,20,000	2,300,000
Combat tanks	4,426	2,924	6,457
Towed artillery	7,414	3,278	6,246
Aircraft strength	2,102	951	2,955
Fighter aircraft	676	301	1,271
Attack aircraft	809	394	1,385
Attack helicopters	16	52	206
Naval assets	295 vessels	195 vessels	714 vessels
Aircraft carriers	3	0	1
Destroyers	11	0	35
Corvettes	23	0	35
Submarines	15	8	68
Nuclear weapons	130	140	270