Top 15 countries with the highest military expenditure

[pmaitra]

There is no shortage of funds. MoD is flush with enough funds that they can throw away getting sub-optimal military hardware, such as Chinook and T-90s. Now I hear that even Rafael was initially rejected.

 

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we have most powerful countries ranking by US+EU governments as below:


and the most powerful countries by military strength only, are ranked as below:

Global Firepower - 2012 World Military Strength Ranking

 

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we can see that this ranking is made while considering the circumstances after 2020, when India will have got its M-MRCA and PAK-FA/FGFA...... here we may have little discussion about the 3rd and 4th place, as for now on 2012, China has little more Combat Aircrafts while Indian Aircrafts are mostly Russia and Western, hence of superior technology than the Chinese ones......
but also we find difference of number of Combat aircraft between China and India by 2012 is also not much, as below: :ranger:

Combat aircraft by country

Country - Fighters - Bombers - Attack
1: USA -- 3,043 -- 171 -- 1,185
2: Russia - 1,264 -- 166 -- 1,267
3: China -- 1,130 -- 118 -- 370
4: India --- 901 --- 91 --- 220

List of countries by level of military equipment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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Ranking of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel

State - Active Military - Reserve Military - Paramilitary - Total

People's Republic of China - 2,285,000 - 800,000 - 1,500,000 - 4,585,000

United States of America - 1,458,219 - 1,458,500 - 11,035 - 2,927,754

India - 1,325,000 - 2,142,821 - 1,300,586 - 4,768,407 :thumb:

Russian Federation - 1,027,000 - 754,000 - 449,000 - 2,230,000

Pakistan - 617,000 - 513,000 - 304,000 - 1,434,000

Iran 523,000 1,800,000 1,510,000 3,833,000

List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Countries by number of active soldiers (2009)

 

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we have most powerful countries ranking by US+EU governments as below:

India third most powerful nation: US report


and the most powerful countries by military strength only, are ranked as below:

=> Global Firepower - 2012 World Military Strength Ranking

Top Ten Countries with Largest Navies

The map of top ten countries with largest navies is based on the number of navy personnels in a country.

Top Ten Countries with Largest Navies

 

[farhan_9909]

the Pakistani defence budget was modified by musharaf in 2004.
*excluded retired official pensions etc from official defence budget
*Nuclear program budget seperated.

to show official defence budget smaller

this year excluding nuclear program budget the over defence is expected to even cross 910 billions(or 9.6billions USD)

Pak may spend over Rs 910 bn on defence in 2012-13

Pakistan official and unofficial defence budget when combined+nuclear program budget is about 12-13billions USD
though 3-4billions of this is wasted in war on terror

 

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we have most powerful countries ranking by US+EU governments as below:

India third most powerful nation: US report


and the most powerful countries by military strength only, are ranked as below:

=> Global Firepower - 2012 World Military Strength Ranking

List of main battle tanks by country as of 2009

United States:- 8,000 M1A1/2/2SEP

Russia:- 300 T-90, 4,744 T-80, 7,144 T-72, 4,000 T-64, 689 T-62, 1,200 T-54/55

China:- ~500 Type 99, Type 98, 2,500 Type 96, Type 90-IIM, Type 90, 500 Type 88, Type 85, Type 80

India:- 310+ T-90, 2,200 T-72, Orders capped at 124 Arjun MBT, 755 T-55, 500 PT-76

List of main battle tanks by country - Military Power

 

[thakur_ritesh]

the Pakistani defence budget was modified by musharaf in 2004.
*excluded retired official pensions etc from official defence budget
*Nuclear program budget seperated.

to show official defence budget smaller

this year excluding nuclear program budget the over defence is expected to even cross 910 billions(or 9.6billions USD)

Pak may spend over Rs 910 bn on defence in 2012-13

Pakistan official and unofficial defence budget when combined+nuclear program budget is about 12-13billions USD
though 3-4billions of this is wasted in war on terror

Yes, and thanks for confirming it.

That figure translates to 30%-33% of the annual budgetary expenditure, and 50% of the annual revenue generation done in Pakistan. Very well indeed!

 

[farhan_9909]

Yes, and thanks for confirming it.

That figure translates to 30%-33% of the annual budgetary expenditure, and 50% of the annual revenue generation done in Pakistan. Very well indeed!

might get decreased under IK

as he said "ya main hunga ya ISI baloch kidnap karenge..ya main hunga ya defence budget audit hoga"

 

[thakur_ritesh]

@farhan_9909 can you please back up this figure of 12-13b usd with valid links from Pakistani news sites. I know the figure you have put up is in tune with reality but please do list up the sources. Thanks.

 

[farhan_9909]

@farhan_9909 can you please back up this figure of 12-13b usd with valid links from Pakistani news sites. I know the figure you have put up is in tune with reality but please do list up the sources. Thanks.

the article posted in the zee news is replica of express tribune news.bt most likely express tribune has deleted that article.may be due to fear from military

it was equal to 9.6billion USD that time.and pak spend 2-3billion on nuclear program as well.
and 1/1.3billions USD from from

 

[farhan_9909]

bt this is nt something to be proud of bt rather concerning

we seriously need to decrease the defence budget.considering our economy our defence budget(as per GDP) now stand at 4.4% should be decreased to below 2.5%

 

[farhan_9909]

bt this is nt something to be proud of bt rather concerning

we seriously need to decrease the defence budget.considering our economy our defence budget(as per GDP) now stand at 4.4% should be decreased to below 2.5%

 

[thakur_ritesh]

bt this is nt something to be proud of bt rather concerning

we seriously need to decrease the defence budget.considering our economy our defence budget(as per GDP) now stand at 4.4% should be decreased to below 2.5%

Well the GDP defence budget ratio per se shouldn't be of much concern. Of concern for Pakistan is that nearly 30-33% of the budget ending up in defence is alarming indeed. Had the revenue generation been much higher, the high GDP to defence budget ratio wouldn't have been of much concern to Pakistan's economy.

 

[farhan_9909]

Well the GDP defence budget ratio per se shouldn't be of much concern. Of concern for Pakistan is that nearly 30-33% of the budget ending up in defence is alarming indeed. Had the revenue generation been much higher, the high GDP to defence budget ratio wouldn't have been of much concern to Pakistan's economy.

very well said

well can you tell me how much of total budget india spend on defence?

 

[thakur_ritesh]

very well said

well can you tell me how much of total budget india spend on defence?

India's planned expenditure for fiscal: Rs.14,90,925 crores
Defence budget: Rs.1,93,407 crores.
Defence budget as a % of annual budget: 13%
Defence budget breakup:
Revenue Expenditure: Rs.113829 crores; Capital Expenditure: Rs.79,579 crores
IA: Rs.97,302 crores; IAF: Rs.48,191 crores; IN: Rs.37,314 crores; DRDO: Rs.10,635 crores; OFs: 135 crores

But each year, of the capital outlay, we do surrender a certain amount depending on how severely the fiscal situation of the country is strained so as to manage the fiscal deficit.

 

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BRAHMOS - The World's Fastest Cruise Missile :: BrahMos.com

Brahmos, the world's fastest cruise missile

BrahMos, one of the best cruise missiles in the world has provided the Indian armed forces with a tactical advantage in military operations. Known for its accuracy, the mis sile has today become an integral part of the Indian military arsenal.

Realisation of this high potent cruise missile is the best example on Indo-Russian friendship. Considered one of the fastest cruise missiles in the world, the Brahmos has a flight range of 290-km with supersonic speed a 2.8 mach all through the flight, leading to shorter flight time, consequently ensuring lower dispersion of targets, quicker engagement time and non-interception by any known weapon system in the world. The BrahMos is designed to attack surface as well as sea targets.

The missile was recently tested in the land attack mode giving extreme surgical strike capability to the Indian army as a block II version where an obscure target within a cluster of buildings was to be destroyed. This holds special significance for India, which is upgrading its arsenal post 26/11. Agrees Dr S Pillai, CEO, BrahMos, "BrahMos is a system capable of neutralising target precisely. In a complex land based scenario where we have to target a low definition target as compared to the surrounding structure or building. It is embedded with very high intelligence software to neutralise the desired target with greater accuracy. The Indian army is the only land force in the World to have precision attack supersonic cruise missile."

An air attack version of the BrahMos is under development. The missile ground trials being over, the work related with the platform is progressing.

The BrahMos team, DRDO,NPOM, Indian Air Force, Sukhoi Design Bureau and HAL will work together to integrate the missile in fuselage of the SU-30 MKI. The IAF is to provide two aircraft for flight testing schedule to begin in 2011, and to be operational for IAF by end of 2012.

Brahmos, the world's fastest cruise missile - -2010: Defence & Internal Security Special on MSN India

 

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India successfully test-fires Agni-5 missile

India on Thursday successfully test-fired the Agni-5 Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile, which was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

The missile was test-fired from Wheeler Island in Odisha at 8.05 am.

Agni-5, with a range of over 5,000 km, is a three-stage, all solid fuel powered, 17-metre tall missile with capability to carry various forms of payload.

It can be launched from land-based mobile platform and has the capability of hitting multiple targets.

The successful test launch of the missile is a major leap forward for India in the area of military technology and military deterrent capability, making it the fifth country in the world to possess such a technology.

Only the United States, Russia [ Images ], France [ Images ] and China possess the capability to operate an ICBM.

In November last year, DRDO had successfully test fired the 3,500 km range Agni-4 missile giving muscle to India's deterrent capability against its military adversaries.

India successfully test-fires Agni-5 missile - Rediff.com India News

 

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India on Thursday successfully test-fired the Agni-5 Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile, which was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation. :thumb:

The successful test launch of the missile is a major leap forward for India in the area of military technology and military deterrent capability, making it the fifth country in the world to possess such a technology.

Only the United States, Russia, France and China possess the capability to operate an ICBM. :thumb:

India successfully test-fires Agni-5 missile - Rediff.com India News

here we find Agni-5 covers most of the Eastern Europe, with few areas of mid Europe also including Italy, while positioned from Indian Western border. as per the distance calculator as below:

here we also find that Angi-5 may also hit most of the Western and Northern Australia including Darwin and Perth, if it is positioned from "Great Nicobar" state of India, as below :ranger:

Measure Distance on a Map

www.freemaptools.com/measure-distance.htm

(Darwin at 4,600km and Perth at 4,900km from Great Nicobar we find.)

(we also find Rome at around 5,400km from Rajasthan or Kashmir's western border, and also we have a news that Agni-5 can have range upto 5,500km ....)

Defence Minister AK Antony today indicated that India will first "stabilise" its present missile programmes before thinking of starting any project for having capabilities to strike targets at longer distances than the 5,500 km-range Agni-V.

"Don't be impatient. Let the present Agni series stabilise," he said when asked if India was working on any programme such as Agni-6 after the success of 5,500 km-plus range Agni-5 earlier this year. :thumb:

India to 'stabilise' present Agni missile programme, says AK Antony - Economic Times

 

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India's elusive nuclear triad will be operational soon: Navy chief

NEW DELHI: India's nuclear triad - the ability to fire nukes from land, air and sea - will soon be in place. After some delays and hiccups, the country's first nuclear submarine INS Arihant is getting ready "to go to sea" within the next few months. :thumb:

"INS Arihant is steadily progressing towards becoming operational...we are pretty close to putting it to sea (for extensive trials and missile firings)," announced Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on Tuesday.

"Navy is poised to complete the triad, and our maritime and nuclear doctrines will then be aligned to ensure our nuclear insurance comes from the sea. Given our unequivocal 'no first-use commitment', a retaliatory strike capability that is credible and invulnerable is an imperative," he added.

The Navy chief's emphatic statement comes a week after DRDO officially declared the country's first-ever SLBM (submarine-launched ballistic missile) or the K-15 missile, with a strike range of 750-km, was "ready for induction".

India has for some time possessed the Agni series of ballistic missiles as well as fighter-bombers to constitute the land and air-based legs of the triad. The long-elusive underwater leg, considered the most effective for both pre-emptive as well as retaliatory strikes, now finally seems to be taking shape with INS Arihant and its two follow-on SSBNs (nuclear-powered submarines armed with ballistic nuclear-tipped missiles).

The 6,000-tonne submarine, which has four missile silos on its hump to carry either 12 K-15s or four of the under-development 3,500-km range K-4 missiles :thumb:, will head for sea only after its 83 MW pressurized light-water reactor goes "critical". So far, it has been undergoing systematic checks of all its sub-systems as well as "harbour-acceptance trials" on shore-based steam at Vizag.

With 46 warships and submarines being constructed, and another 49 in the pipeline under overall plans worth Rs 2.73 lakh crore, Admiral Verma said, "Today, I am confident we do not suffer asymmetries with anyone. We have the wherewithal to defend our maritime interests." :thumb:

Brushing aside questions on the new US strategy to "rebalance" forces towards the Asia-Pacific as well as China's growing maritime might and assertiveness, the Navy chief said India's "primary" area of strategic interest lay between the Gulf and Malacca Strait, extending "down south to the Cape of Good Hope".

While India is not going to "actively deploy" in the contentious South China Sea, where China is enmeshed in territorial disputes with Vietnam, the Philippines and others, he said "all the players" there should ensure hostilities do not erupt in the region and hit global shipping and trade.

Turning to maritime terrorism, Admiral Verma said both the Navy and Coast Guard were now much better prepared and equipped to tackle 26/11-like attacks from outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba. "Even before Abu Jundal (key 26/11 handler) said it, we had factored in such possibilities," he said.

"Terrorism from the sea and terrorism at sea are now realities of our times. In our external environment, one of our core concerns is the coalescing of the 'state' with 'non-state' entities," he added.

India's elusive nuclear triad will be operational soon: Navy chief - Times Of India

A Nuclear Triad refers to a nuclear arsenal which consists of three components, traditionally strategic bombers, ICBMs and submarine-launched ballistic missiles ( SLBMs). The purpose of having a three-branched nuclear capability is to significantly reduce the possibility that an enemy could destroy all of a nation's nuclear forces in a first-strike attack; this, in turn, ensures a credible threat of a second strike, and thus increases a nation's nuclear deterrence.[1][2][3]

Triad nuclear powers

The following nations are considered triad nuclear powers. They possess nuclear forces consisting of land-based missiles, ballistic or long-range cruise missile submarines, and strategic bombers or long-range tactical aircraft.

United States[1][3][4]
The US operates Minuteman ICBMs from underground hardened silos, Trident SLBMs carried by Ohio-class submarines, it also operates B-1, B-52, B-2 strategic bombers, as well as land- and carrier-based tactical aircraft, some capable of carrying strategic and tactical B61 and large strategic B83 gravity bombs, AGM-86 ALCM, and AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missiles. While the US no longer keeps nuclear armed bombers on airborne alert it has the ability to do so along with the airborne nuclear command and control aircraft with its fleet of KC-10 and KC-135 aerial refueling planes. The US Navy also retains reserve stocks of undeployed nuclear warheads to equip existing Tomahawk ship or submarine-launched cruise missiles. Previous to development of submarine-launched ballistic missiles the US Navy strategic nuclear role was provided by aircraft carrier–based bombers and for a short time submarine-launched cruise missiles. With the end of the cold war, the US never deployed the rail mobile version of the Peacekeeper ICBM or the road mobile Midgetman small ICBM. The US destroyed its stock of road mobile Pershing II IRBMs and ground-launched cruise missiles in accordance with the INF treaty. The US also has shared strategic nuclear weapons and still deploys shared tactical nuclear weapons to some NATO countries.

Russia
Also a nuclear power,[5] Russia inherited the arsenal of all of the former Soviet states; this consists of silo-based as well as rail and road mobile ICBMs, sea-based SLBMs, strategic bombers, strategic aerial refueling aircraft, and long-range tactical aircraft capable of carrying gravity bombs, standoff missiles, and cruise missiles. The Russian Strategic Rocket Forces have ICBMs able to deliver nuclear warheads[citation needed], silo-based R-36M2 (SS-18), silo-based UR-100N (SS-19), mobile RT-2PM "Topol" (SS-25), silo-based RT-2UTTH "Topol M" (SS-27), mobile RT-2UTTH "Topol M" (SS-27), mobile RS-24 "Yars" (SS-29) (Future replacement for R-36 & UR-100N missiles). Russian strategic nuclear submarine forces are equipped with the following SLBM's, R-29R "Vysota", NATO name SS-N-18 "Stingray", RSM-54 R-29RMU "Sineva", NATO name SS-N-23 "Skiff" and the R-29RMU2.1 "Liner" are in use with the Delta class submarine, but the RSM-56 R-30 "Bulava", NATO name SS-NX-32 is under development for the Borei class submarine. The Russian Air Force operates supersonic Tupolev Tu-22M, and Tupolev Tu-160 bombers and the long range turboprop powered Tupolev Tu-95, they are all mostly armed with strategic stand off missiles or cruise missiles such as the KH-15 and the KH-55. These bombers and nuclear capable strike aircraft such as the Sukhoi Su-24 are supported by Ilyushin Il-78 aerial refuelling aircraft. The USSR was required to destroy its stock of IRBMs in accordance with the INF treaty.

People's Republic of China
Unlike the US and Russia where strategic nuclear forces are enumerated by treaty limits and subject to verification, China, a nuclear power since 1964, is not subject to these requirements but may have a triad structure of some sort. China's nuclear force is much smaller than the US or Russia and is closer in number and capability to that of France or the UK. This force is mainly land-based missiles including ICBMs, IRBMs, and tactical ballistic missiles as well as cruise missiles. Unlike the US and Russia, China stores many of its missiles in huge underground tunnel complexes; US Representative Michael Turner[6] referring to 2009 Chinese media reports said "This network of tunnels could be in excess of 5,000 kilometers (3,110 miles), and is used to transport nuclear weapons and forces,",[7] the Chinese Army newsletter calls this tunnel system an underground Great Wall of China.[8] China has one inactive Type 092 submarine,[9] after its twin was lost at sea and is working on several new Type 094 submarines carrying SLBMs although the reliability of the new type is also in question[10] in addition the single type 94 boat has not received its SLBM's.[9] There is an aging bomber force consisting of Xian H-6s with an unclear nuclear delivery role as well as several tactical aircraft types that could be equipped with nuclear weapons. The PLAF has a limited capability fleet of H-6 bombers modified for aerial refuelling as well as forthcoming Russian Ilyushin Il-78 aerial refuelling tankers.[11]

India
India maintains a no first use nuclear policy and has been developing a nuclear triad capability as a part of its credible minimum deterrence doctrine.[12] India's nuclear-weapons program possesses surface-to-surface missiles such as the Agni II and Agni III. In addition, the 5,000 km range Agni-V ICBM was also tested on 19 April 2012 which is believed to be having a range of 5,800 km :thumb:[13] and is expected to enter service by 2014.[14] India's nuclear-weapons program possesses surface-to-air missiles like the Akash. India has nuclear-capable fighter aircraft such as the Dassault Mirage 2000H, Sukhoi Su-30 MKI (a variant of the Su-30MK and comparable to Sukhoi Su-35), MIG-29 and the indigenously built HAL Tejas. With land and air strike capabilities already in place under the control of Strategic Forces Command which is a part of Nuclear Command Authority (India). India has a nuclear propelled submarine INS Chakra but it has not been equipped with strategic nuclear cruise missiles.[15] INS Arihant is designed for strategic deterrence and will carry nuclear-tipped SLBMs, and is expected to enter service by the end of 2012. Indian state-owned defense R&D agency, DRDO, is working on a submarine-launched ballistic missile, known as the K-15 Sagarika. This missile is expected to provide India with a credible sea-based second-strike capability. Also, K-4, part of the K Missile family is being developed.

Nuclear triad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia