India Vs China Power Comparison – Army, Air Force, Navy Comparison and other details can be checked from this page. To compare the power comparison between the two big countries of the world, we need to understand the defence forces of the country.
- India Vs China Power Comparison
- India Vs China Army Comparison
- India Vs China Artillery
- India Vs China Budget Comparison
- India Vs China Air Force Comparison
- India Vs China Aircraft
- India Vs China Air Force Strength
- India Vs China Navy Comparison
- India Vs China Navy Ships and Submarines
- India Vs China Navy Strength
India Vs China Power Comparison
First, we should talk about India, which has an area of 3,387,590 km² with land boundaries of 13,888km and coastlines of 7,000 km. At the same time, China has an area of 9,596,961km² with a land boundary of 22,457 km and a coastline of 14,500 km. The force of India was mainly focused on being against China and Pakistan, and it fought many wars since 1947 with Pakistan and one war with China in October & November 1962.
There is an area on the Himalayan border which was the main cause of the Indo-China war. China’s military is known as The People’s Liberation Army, which has a wide mix of older and modern domestically-produced systems heavily influenced by technology derived from other countries.
China is also termed as the strongest military force in the world, and it also has the ultimate military strength index in a study of inactive and active military personnel, total air, sea, land and nuclear resources, average salaries, and weight of equipment.
India Vs China Army Comparison
If we have to compare the Indian and China Army first, we should have knowledge about the numbers of each and everything in the military. Thus, the below table includes the number of armour, fighting vehicles, artillery, and all thing.
|
S. No. |
Manpower |
China |
India |
|
1 |
Active Personnel |
2,185,000 |
1,455,550 |
|
2 |
Reserve Personnel |
8,000,000 |
1,155,000 |
|
3 |
Available for Military |
385,821,101 |
319,129,420 |
|
4 |
Tanks |
5,750 |
4,614 |
|
5 |
Self-propelled artillery |
2,720 |
100 |
|
6 |
Armoured fighting vehicles |
14,130 |
8,600 |
|
7 |
Rocket artillery |
3,140 |
960 |
|
8 |
Total artillery |
7,094 |
2,799 |
India Vs China Artillery
|
Country |
Armoured fighting vehicles |
Number |
|
India |
BMP-2 Sarath |
2500 |
|
Aditya MPV |
970 |
|
|
Casspir |
255 |
|
|
China |
ZBD-04 ZBD-04A |
2300 |
|
ZBL-08 |
2000 |
|
|
ZSD-89-II (type 89) |
1500 |
|
|
Type 63 |
950 |
|
|
Type 86 |
1000 |
|
|
ZSL-92/B |
1150 |
|
|
Type 86A |
1250 |
|
|
ZTL-11 |
950 |
|
|
ZBD-05 |
600 |
|
|
ZSD-05 (Type 05) |
500 |
|
|
PTL-02 |
250 |
|
|
ZSL-92A WZ-551 |
700 |
|
|
ZSL-10 (Type 08) |
500 |
|
|
ZTD-05 (Type 05) |
250 |
|
|
PTZ-89 |
230 |
|
|
|
Self-propelled guns |
Number |
|
India |
K9 VAJRA-T |
100 |
|
China |
PLZ-89 |
500 |
|
PLL-09 |
350 |
|
|
PCL-161 |
300 |
|
|
PCL-181 |
200 |
|
|
PCL-171 |
100 |
|
|
PLZ-07A/B |
500 |
|
|
PLZ-05 (Type 05) |
320 |
|
|
PCL-09 |
300 |
|
|
PLZ-82/83 |
150 |
|
|
|
Rocket artillery |
Number |
|
India |
Smerch 9K58 |
372 |
|
Pinaka Mark1 |
280 |
|
|
BM-21 |
240 |
|
|
Pinaka Mark 2 |
68 |
|
|
China |
Type 63 |
1570 |
|
PHZ-89 |
375 |
|
|
PHL03 |
175 |
|
|
PHL-16 |
20 |
|
|
PHL-81/90 |
550 |
|
|
PHL-11 |
350 |
|
|
PHZ-11 |
100 |
The War of 1962 Indo-China was between the Army of both countries, in which India was not expecting China could attack it, but they did. Indian Army was not prepared for that, due to which only about 15,000 to 20,000 soldiers were there, whereas China brought its 80,000 soldiers to get into the war. The war ended up with the entry of another country Russia due to which China declared a cease-fire after a month of the start of the war.
India Vs China Budget Comparison
The finance minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman, announced an increased defence budget of 9.78 per cent which is around 70.6 billion dollars. But, if we talk about the budget of China, then it is three times more than of India, i.e., 229.5 billion dollars. Thus, this helps China to become superior in everything, China has 5250, but India has 4614 tanks; China has 4,120 self-propelled artillery, whereas India has 100 only.
China is far more than India in numbers of each and everything, which is 2x to 10x. But, Indian soldier has much experience fighting in high-altitude areas, and we all know that the border between India and China is in the Himalayan Mountains, where Chinese army soldier is not so good at survival, fighting, etc. India has some special troops who have the special ability to survive and do all the work in these high-risk mountain missions.
India Vs China Air Force Comparison
Air Force is also the main part of a Country in its defence system, so we have to talk about this as it also tells about the power of the country. Thus, while talking about the number of various types of aircraft, we are providing a table which will clear your knowledge of the air power of both countries.
|
S. No. |
Manpower |
China |
India |
|
1 |
Total aircraft |
4,630 |
2,263 |
|
2 |
Helicopters |
1,355 |
729 |
|
3 |
Fighter aircraft |
1,049 |
173 |
|
4 |
UCAV (combat drone) |
151 |
12 |
|
5 |
Attack aircraft |
120 |
120 |
|
6 |
Multirole aircraft |
1,130 |
405 |
|
7 |
|
|
|
India Vs China Aircraft
|
Country |
Fighter Name |
Number |
|
India |
MiG-21 |
107 |
|
MiG-29 |
66 |
|
|
China |
Shenyang J-11 |
442 |
|
Chengdu J-7 |
388 |
|
|
Su-30MKK |
121 |
|
|
Shenyang J-8 |
96 |
|
|
Shenyang FC-31 |
2 |
|
|
|
Multirole Aircraft |
Number |
|
India |
Sukhoi Su-30MKI |
272 |
|
Dassault Mirage 2000 |
49 |
|
|
MiG-29K |
36 |
|
|
Dassault Rafale |
26 |
|
|
HAL Tejas |
22 |
|
|
Kamov Ka-27 |
14 |
|
|
China |
Chengdu J-10 |
492 |
|
Xian JH-7 |
240 |
|
|
Shenyang J-16 |
200 |
|
|
Chengdu J-20 |
150 |
|
|
Sukhoi Su-35S |
24 |
|
|
Shenyang J-15 |
24 |
|
|
|
Attack Aircraft |
Number |
|
India |
SEPECAT Jaguar |
120 |
|
China |
Xian H-6 |
120 |
|
|
Helicopters |
Number |
|
India |
Mil Mi-8/17 |
223 |
|
HAL Dhruv |
130 |
|
|
HAL Chetak |
129 |
|
|
HAL Dhruv |
109 |
|
|
HAL Rudra |
91 |
|
|
HAL Cheetah |
52 |
|
|
Westland Sea King |
31 |
|
|
Boeing AH-64 |
22 |
|
|
Mil Mi-24 |
15 |
|
|
CH-47 Chinook |
15 |
|
|
SH-3 Sea King |
6 |
|
|
Mil Mi-26 |
3 |
|
|
HAL LCH |
2 |
|
|
SH-60 Seahawk |
2 |
|
|
China |
Harbin Z-9 |
314 |
|
Mil Mi-8/17 |
302 |
|
|
Changhe Z-8 |
163 |
|
|
CAIC WZ-10 |
150 |
|
|
Harbin Z-19 |
120 |
|
|
Eurocopter EC120 Colibri |
93 |
|
|
Eurocopter AS350 |
53 |
|
|
Changhe Z-11 |
46 |
|
|
Harbin Z-20 |
24 |
|
|
Sikorsky S-70 |
19 |
|
|
Kamov Ka-28 |
17 |
|
|
Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon |
13 |
|
|
Kamov Ka-31 |
9 |
|
|
Aérospatiale Gazelle |
8 |
|
|
Changhe Z-18 |
8 |
|
|
Changhe Z-8L |
6 |
|
|
Eurocopter AS565 Panther |
6 |
|
|
Mil Mi-26 |
4 |
|
|
|
Drones |
Number |
|
India |
IAI Eitan |
10 |
|
MQ-9 Reaper |
2 |
|
|
China |
CAIG Wing Loong II |
75 |
|
CAIG Wing Loong |
60 |
|
|
Guizhou Soar Dragon |
16 |
India Vs China Air Force Strength
We all know that the Indian Air Force is the fourth largest air force in the world after the Chinese Air Force. Thus, the rank of India is lower than China, but Indian pilots are experts in high-altitude combat missions. Chinese force has more than 2,000 aircraft, which doubles the power in front of India, which has only 900 combat aircraft.
Compared to the IAF, the Chinese Air Force puffs a caravan of long-range strategic bombers and better strategic aids, including fighting drones and airborne alert and control system (AWACS) aircraft.
Talking about the Indian Air Force has the best geographical support as compared to any other country. In LAC, this force’s strategic placement of its aircraft is best, which will never break the support. The transport aircraft of India delivers the supply and other equipment which helps the Indian Army in high-altitude regions.
Rafale, a 4.5 generation aircraft, is with Indian Air Force, which is considered the best aircraft among many in the world, but Chinese also introduced a 5 generation aircraft, namely J-20.
While comparing the power of the Navies of these two countries, India has more than 67,00 active personnel, of which 10,000 are officers and the remaining are sailors, as per the report published in the month of June 2019. Whereas the China Navy includes approximately 235,000 active personnel, of which 20,000 are marines.
If we talk about the submarines, then the People’s Liberation Army Navy has seven nuclear ballistic missile submarines, twelve nuclear attack submarines and fifty diesel attack submarines. The other full comparison is in the table below:
|
S. No. |
Manpower |
China |
India |
|
1 |
Total naval |
742 |
267 |
|
2 |
Destroyers |
38 |
11 |
|
3 |
Corvettes |
73 |
23 |
|
4 |
Aircraft carriers |
4 |
1 |
|
5 |
Frigates |
54 |
13 |
|
6 |
Submarines |
74 |
16 |
|
Country |
Aircraft carriers |
Number |
|
India |
Kiev class |
1 |
|
China |
Type 075 landing helicopter dock |
2 |
|
Type 002 |
1 |
|
|
Type 001 |
1 |
|
|
|
Destroyers |
Number |
|
India |
Rajput class |
5 |
|
Delhi class |
3 |
|
|
Kolkata class |
3 |
|
|
China |
Type 052D Luyang III class |
18 |
|
Sovremenny-class |
4 |
|
|
Type 051C Luzhou class |
2 |
|
|
Type 052 Luhu class |
2 |
|
|
Type 052C Luyang II class |
6 |
|
|
Type 055 Renhai class |
3 |
|
|
Type 052B Luyang I class |
2 |
|
|
Type 051B Luhai class |
1 |
|
|
|
Frigates |
Number |
|
India |
Talwar class |
6 |
|
Brahmaputra class |
3 |
|
|
Shivalik class |
3 |
|
|
Godavari class |
1 |
|
|
China |
Type 054A Jiangkai II class |
30 |
|
Jianghu class |
5 |
|
|
Type 053H3 Jiangwei II class |
7 |
|
|
Type 054 Jiangkai I class |
2 |
|
|
|
Corvettes |
Number |
|
India |
Veer class |
8 |
|
Kora class |
4 |
|
|
Abhay class |
3 |
|
|
Kamorta class |
4 |
|
|
Khukri class |
4 |
|
|
China |
Jiangdao class |
73 |
|
|
Submarines |
Number |
|
India |
Sindhughosh |
8 |
|
Kalvari class |
3 |
|
|
Shishumar |
4 |
|
|
Arihant class |
1 |
|
|
China |
Type 039A/039B Yuan class |
18 |
|
Type 039/039G/039G1 Song class |
12 |
|
|
Type 094 / 094A |
6 |
|
|
Type 091 |
3 |
|
|
Type 035 Ming class |
14 |
|
|
Kilo |
12 |
|
|
Type 093 / 093A Shang class |
6 |
|
|
Type 092 |
1 |
|
|
Type 032 Qing class |
1 |
|
|
Type 095 |
1 |
Both countries have many nuclear ships and submarines, but in case of war, both country will not use nuclear weapons first as they both follow the ‘no-first use’ policy for nuclear. The benefit is that the Chinese Navy is in the sea-base nuclear habitat as it holds a big fleet size. The Chinese navy has six 2nd-generation nuclear-powered submarines, but Indians have only one nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, INS Arihant.
As China and India contest more aggressively, the Indo-Pacific province is evolving as a geostrategic priority topic for both nations. While China has pursued entrance to strategic docks to achieve a financial and strategic edge, India’s part in the area is increasingly noticed as a defender of the global order in the territory, especially in terms of preserving open ocean routes and liberty of navigation.
- China’s caravan is by far largest than India’s in spans of the total number of warships, yet India has newly posed massive trouble to China’s capital, Beijing.
- Admiral Mike Gilday, the US Chief of Naval Operations, has said that India will be a crucial partner for America in the fortune, recreating a significant part in fighting China. This statement arrives at a time when the thought that border conflicts between India and China in the Himalayas pose a two-front challenge for Beijing is acquiring rate among US strategists and a Japanese newspaper.
- The World Directory of Modern Military Warships (2022) stated that China ranks two after the United States – the real international blue ocean navy — on the Global Naval Powers Ranking 2022, with India ranking 7th.
The Chinese navy is rising quicker than any other powerful navy, and it is also updating itself. There may be obstructions forward, such as China’s ageing people and the rising price of preserving what has already stood created, but evolution is anticipated to resume.
The Indian Navy gamble that if it can rev submarine tasks, enhance mine-countermeasures capacity, and reshape its transportation force and air branch, it will be capable of working more effectively with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Republic of Korea Navy, and Royal Australian Navy while staying in competition with China.
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