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Air force personnel
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110,000 |
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[2nd of 49]
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Armed forces growth
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3 |
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[67th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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1,303,000 |
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[4th of 166]
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Army personnel
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980,000 |
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[1st of 49]
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Branches
Army, Navy (includes naval air arm), Air Force (Bharatiya Vayu Sena), Coast Guard |
Conscription
No conscription (AI). |
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Conventional arms exports
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$22,000,000.00 |
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[26th of 40]
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Conventional arms imports
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$2,375,000,000.00 |
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[1st of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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2.87 %
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[20th of 145]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$14,018,800,000.00 |
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[9th of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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288,252,000 |
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[2nd of 175]
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Military Capabilities > Defense Budget
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$19,040,000,000.00 |
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[5th of 10]
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Military Capabilities > Tanks
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3,978 |
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[5th of 10]
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Navy personnel
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55,000 |
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[7th of 49]
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personnel
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3,047,000
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[2nd of 170]
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Service age and obligation
16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; women officers allowed in noncombat roles only |
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Tanks
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950 tanks |
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[15th of 22]
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US military exports
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$452.00 thousand |
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[64th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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10,538,000 |
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[7th of 137]
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WMD > Nuclear
India embarked on a nuclear power program in 1958 and a nuclear explosives program in 1968. Following a test of a nuclear device in May 1974, and five additional nuclear weapon-related tests in May 1998, India formally declared itself a nuclear weapon state. New Delhi's stock of weapons-grade plutonium is estimated to be between 240-395kg, which depending on the sophistication of the warhead design, could be used to manufacture 40-90 simple fission weapons. According to Indian government sources, India is capable of building a range of nuclear weapon systems ranging from "…low yields to 200 kilotons, involving fission, boosted-fission, and two-stage thermonuclear designs." India is not a member of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). |
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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Wikipedia: Military Capabilities; Dr T.R. O'Connor, (05/15/04); Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); The Nuclear Threat Initiative
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India, Republic of India
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