India Vs Pak: Indo-Pak military The defence history of India goes back millennia, as does its maritime history.

Indo-Pak military: Arms race in the subcontinent

India has consistently refused to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). It has however a no-first-use policy of nuclear weapons. India's 2008 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) agreement makes it the only non-NPT nuclear weapons country that can do nuclear business with the rest of the world.
Pakistan is the only Muslim-majority country to possess nuclear weapons. A close non-NATO ally of the US, it finds a friend in China for its arms build-up and know-how. The Pakistan armed forces is the seventh largest in the world.

	INDIA	PAKISTAN
Military expenditure GDP	1.8 %	3.00 (2007)
Total defence budget 2011	Rs 1,64,415 crore	Rs 325900 crores
Major ports	9	2
Main battle tanks	3000	1000
Artillery units	1000	2500
Fighter aircraft	500	300
Support aircraft	250	50 special mission aircraft
Naval fleet	173	11 combat ships
Aircraft carrier	1
Nuclear submarine	1	8 submarines
Nuclear weapons	100-120	100-11-
Available military power	556,075,946	75,807,598

Source: India Syndicate

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