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Military Stats: compare key data on Argentina & India

Definitions

  • Air force > Combat aircraft: Number of fighter aircrafts (fixed wing aircrafts with combat capability).
  • Army > Attack helicopters: Number of attack helicopter (includes helicopters that have some attacking capabilities).
  • Army > Main battle tanks: Number of main battle tanks.
  • Budget: Annual defense budget in billion USD.
  • Global Peace Index: The Global Peace Index is comprised of 22 indicators in the three categories ongoing domestic or international conflicts; societal safety; and security and militarization. A low index value indicates a peaceful and safe country.
  • Military service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of service obligation.
  • Navy > Corvette warships: Number of corvettes.
  • Navy > Nuclear submarines: Number of nuclear submarines.
  • Navy > Submarines: Number of patrol boats (includes minesweepers).
  • Paramilitary personnel: Paramilitary.

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  • Personnel > Per capita: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation.
  • WMD > Missile: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of missile weapons of mass destruction
  • WMD > Nuclear: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of nuclear weapons
  • War deaths: Battle-related deaths are deaths in battle-related conflicts between warring parties in the conflict dyad (two conflict units that are parties to a conflict). Typically, battle-related deaths occur in warfare involving the armed forces of the warring parties. This includes traditional battlefield fighting, guerrilla activities, and all kinds of bombardments of military units, cities, and villages, etc. The targets are usually the military itself and its installations or state institutions and state representatives, but there is often substantial collateral damage in the form of civilians being killed in crossfire, in indiscriminate bombings, etc. All deaths--military as well as civilian--incurred in such situations, are counted as battle-related deaths."
  • Navy > Aircraft carriers: Number of aircraft carriers.
  • Armed forces personnel: Total armed forces (2000)
  • Military expenditures: This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police.
  • Military branches: This entry lists the service branches subordinate to defense ministries or the equivalent (typically ground, naval, air, and marine forces).
  • Expenditures > Percent of GDP: Current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
  • Armed forces personnel > Total: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organisation, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces."
  • Personnel: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.
  • Navy > Frigates: Number of frigates.
  • Navy > Destroyers: Number of destroyers.
  • Navy > Cruisers: Number of cruisers.
  • Expenditures > Dollar figure per capita: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Branches: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces
  • Military expenditure > Current LCU: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilisation, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)"
  • Highest military decorations > Name: Name of each country’s highest military decoration.
  • Air force > Aircraft carriers > Total: Total amount of aircraft carriers possessed by each country. 
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Males: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • Expenditures > Dollar figure: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies
  • Armed forces personnel per 1000: Total armed forces (2000). Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.
  • Personnel per 1000: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Expenditure > Current LCU: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)
  • Conscription: A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997.
  • Armed forces growth: Growth in the number of armed forces personnel from 1985 (index = 100) to 2000. 100 means no growth, 50 means it halved and 200 means it doubled.
  • Imports > USD: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services."
  • Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.
  • WMD > Biological: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of biological weapons of mass destruction
  • Military expenditures > Percent of GDP: This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police.
  • Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per $ GDP: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product
  • WMD > Chemical: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of chemical weapons of mass destruction
  • Weapon holdings per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.
  • Exports > USD: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services."
  • Highest military decorations > Number awarded: Amount of time the country’s military decoration has been awarded.
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per capita: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Conventional arms imports: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre).
  • Manpower > Military age: The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription.
  • Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49: This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Employment in arms > Production per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
  • US military > Exports: U.S. Military Exports, for the year 1998 (in thousands of US dollars)
  • Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Conventional arms imports per capita: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Females: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49: The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.
  • Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 per 1000: This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Conventional arms imports > Per $ GDP: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
  • Expenditure > % of central government expenditure: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)
  • US military > Exports, % of GDP: U.S. Military Exports, for the year 1998 (in thousands of US dollars). Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Military expenditure > % of GDP: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilisation, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)"
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 per 1000: The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Expenditures > Dollar figure, % of GDP: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Conventional arms imports, % of GDP: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 > Per capita: The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 > Per capita: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males > Per capita: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • US military > Exports per 1000: U.S. Military Exports, for the year 1998 (in thousands of US dollars). Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Expenditure > % of GDP: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males per 1000: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Manpower > Availability > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Armed forces personnel > % of total labor force: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organisation, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organisation's definition of the economically active population."
  • Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Personnel > % of total labor force: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
STAT Argentina India HISTORY
Air force > Combat aircraft 86
Ranked 19th.
1,080
Ranked 2nd. 13 times more than Argentina
Army > Attack helicopters 5
Ranked 21st.
140
Ranked 4th. 28 times more than Argentina
Army > Main battle tanks 430
Ranked 21st.
5,978
Ranked 2nd. 14 times more than Argentina
Budget 5.6 US$ BN
Ranked 15th.
42.84 US$ BN
Ranked 4th. 8 times more than Argentina
Global Peace Index 1.91
Ranked 103th.
2.57
Ranked 22nd. 35% more than Argentina

Military service age and obligation 18-24 years of age for voluntary military service (18-21 requires parental consent); no conscription; if the number of volunteers fails to meet the quota of recruits for a particular year, Congress can authorize the conscription of citizens turning 18 that year for a period not exceeding one year 16-18 years of age for voluntary military service (Army 17 1/2, Air Force 17, Navy 16 1/2); no conscription; women may join as officers, but for noncombat roles only
Navy > Corvette warships 9
Ranked 5th.
36
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Argentina
Navy > Nuclear submarines 0.0
Ranked 11th.
2
Ranked 3rd.
Navy > Submarines 3
Ranked 15th.
18
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Argentina
Paramilitary personnel 31,240
Ranked 32nd.
1.3 million
Ranked 2nd. 42 times more than Argentina
Personnel > Per capita 2.63 per 1,000 people
Ranked 114th.
2.78 per 1,000 people
Ranked 108th. 6% more than Argentina

Service age and obligation 18-24 years of age for voluntary military service (18-21 requires parental permission); no conscription 16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; women officers allowed in noncombat roles only
WMD > Missile Argentina dismantled its medium-range ballistic missile program, the Cóndor II, in the early 1990s. The Cóndor missile program received technical support from a consortium of European firms and funding from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Iraq. Argentina’s intent was to develop the Cóndor II not only for its own use—which was largely motivated by its loss in the Falklands/Malvinas War with Great Britain—but for export as well. Concerns that missile technology was reaching the Middle East caused the United States to pressure Argentina to end the program, which it did in 1992. Argentina became a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) in 1993. For almost two decades, India has sought to develop and deploy ballistic and other missiles. User trials of the Prithvi-1 (150 km-range) and Prithvi-2 (250 km-range) ballistic missiles have been completed; both variants have been "inducted" into the Indian Army and Air Force respectively. India's Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) announced in September 2002 that the naval variant of the Prithvi (Dhanush) has completed sea trials and is ready for "induction." Five tests of different versions of the intermediate-range Agni ballistic missile were conducted between May 1989 and January 2001. Limited series production of the Agni-TD-I (1,500 km-range) and Agni-II (2,000-2,500 km-range) has commenced, and the Indian Army is raising a missile group to take possession of the missiles. In January 2003, DRDO conducted a second test of the single-stage, solid-fuel, 700-800 km-range version of the Agni. This new missile has been dubbed the Agni-1; it will be the likely successor to the Prithvi-series, which will henceforth be used in a battlefield support role. India reportedly will test a 3,500-4,000 km-range variant of the Agni (Agni-III) by the end of 2003. 'Development flight-trials' of the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos/PJ-10, which India is co-developing with Russian assistance, are likely to continue through 2003, with serial production expected to begin in 2004. However, India's sea-launched ballistic missile, Sagarika, is not expected to become operational before 2010. India is not a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR); in November 2002, it rejected a draft of the International Code of Conduct (ICOC) on ballistic missile proliferation on grounds that it is discriminatory and interferes with the peaceful uses of space technology.
WMD > Nuclear Argentina has never produced nuclear weapons and does not possess them today. From the 1960s to the early 1990s, however, Argentina pursued an ambitious program of nuclear energy and technological development, which included construction of an unsafeguarded uranium enrichment facility. Buenos Aires also refused to join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and to bring the Treaty of Tlatelolco into legal force. When democratic rule returned in 1983, the new president placed the nuclear program under civilian control and initiated a process of nuclear confidence building and cooperation with historic rival Brazil. In the early 1990s, the two countries established a bilateral inspection agency to verify both countries' pledges to use nuclear energy only for peaceful purposes. Argentina acceded to the NPT as a non-nuclear weapon state on February 10, 1995. 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).
War deaths 0.0
Ranked 116th.
1,962
Ranked 5th.

Navy > Aircraft carriers 0.0
Ranked 21st.
2
Ranked 2nd.
Armed forces personnel 71,000
Ranked 49th.
1.3 million
Ranked 4th. 18 times more than Argentina
Military expenditures 0.5% of GDP
Ranked 65th.
1.8% of GDP
Ranked 28th. 4 times more than Argentina
Military branches Argentine Army (Ejercito Argentino), Navy of the Argentine Republic (Armada Republica; includes naval aviation and naval infantry), Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina, FAA) Army, Navy (includes naval air arm), Air Force, Coast Guard
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 1.3%
Ranked 117th.
2.5%
Ranked 40th. 92% more than Argentina

Manpower fit for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Armed forces personnel > Total 107,000
Ranked 48th.
2.58 million
Ranked 2nd. 24 times more than Argentina

Personnel 102,000
Ranked 53th.
3.05 million
Ranked 2nd. 30 times more than Argentina

Navy > Frigates 4
Ranked 15th.
28
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Argentina
Navy > Destroyers 0.0
Ranked 15th.
15
Ranked 2nd.
Navy > Cruisers 0.0
Ranked 11th.
0.0
Ranked 2nd.
Expenditures > Dollar figure per capita $117.76
Ranked 6th. 9 times more than India
$12.82
Ranked 66th.
Branches Argentine Army (Ejercito Argentino), Navy of the Argentine Republic (Armada Republica; includes naval aviation and naval infantry), Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina, FAA) Army, Navy (includes naval air arm), Air Force (Bharatiya Vayu Sena), Coast Guard
Military expenditure > Current LCU 8.71 billion
Ranked 68th.
1.85 trillion
Ranked 9th. 212 times more than Argentina

Highest military decorations > Name Cross to the Heroic Valour in Combat Param Vir Chakra
Air force > Aircraft carriers > Total 2
Ranked 12th.
5
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Argentina
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males 339,503
Ranked 34th.
12.15 million
Ranked 1st. 36 times more than Argentina

Expenditures > Dollar figure $4.30 billion
Ranked 3rd.
$14.02 billion
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Argentina
Weapon holdings 1.44 million
Ranked 52nd.
10.54 million
Ranked 7th. 7 times more than Argentina
Armed forces personnel per 1000 1.92
Ranked 114th. 54% more than India
1.25
Ranked 126th.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 348,310
Ranked 34th.
11.59 million
Ranked 1st. 33 times more than Argentina

Manpower available for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Personnel per 1000 2.64
Ranked 111th.
2.7
Ranked 110th. 2% more than Argentina

Expenditure > Current LCU 5156000000 1024844000000
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Armed forces growth -34%
Ranked 103th.
3%
Ranked 65th.
Imports > USD 32 million
Ranked 55th.
1.85 billion
Ranked 2nd. 58 times more than Argentina

Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ 67 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 44th.
1.47 billion constant 1990 US$
Ranked 3rd. 22 times more than Argentina

WMD > Biological There are no indications to suggest that Argentina has ever possessed or sought to acquire biological weapons. It is a state party of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC), having ratified it in November 1979. In September 1991, Argentina, together with Brazil and Chile, signed the Mendoza Accord, which commits signatories not to use, develop, produce, acquire, stock, or transfer—directly or indirectly—chemical or biological weapons. Argentina further strengthened its nonproliferation credentials when, in 1992, it became a member of the Australia Group, a voluntary system of export controls on chemical and biological agents, precursors, and equipment. Although some intelligence estimates suggest that India possesses biological weapons, there is very limited open-source information available about a possible Indian biological weapon program. India has defensive biological weapon capabilities and has conducted research on countering various diseases, including plague, brucellosis, and smallpox. India also has an extensive and advanced pharmaceutical industry and is therefore technically capable of developing biological weapons. India ratified the Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1974.
Expenditures 1.3% of GDP
Ranked 56th.
2.5% of GDP
Ranked 36th. 92% more than Argentina
Military expenditures > Percent of GDP 0.8% of GDP
Ranked 22nd.
2.5% of GDP
Ranked 27th. 3 times more than Argentina
Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per $ GDP $15.17 per 1,000 $ of GDP
Ranked 12th.
$23.29 per 1,000 $ of GDP
Ranked 35th. 54% more than Argentina
WMD > Chemical There is no evidence that Argentina has ever had a chemical weapons (CW) program. Argentina has been active in CW nonproliferation efforts. In 1992, Argentina became a member of the Australia Group and, in October 1995, ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Even before participation in these bodies, Argentina engaged in regional nonproliferation efforts; for example, Argentina signed the Mendoza Accord in 1991, which prohibits both chemical and biological warfare agents. After many years of denying the existence of a chemical weapon program, India disclosed in June 1997 that it possessed chemical weapons. Few details are publicly available concerning Indian chemical weapon stockpiles, although Chinese researchers suggest that India possesses 1,000 tons of chemical weapon agents, mostly mustard agent, located at five chemical weapon production and storage facilities. Under the terms of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which India signed in 1993 and ratified in September 1996, India must destroy 45 percent of its stockpile by 2004 and the remaining stockpile by 2007.
Weapon holdings per 1000 38.69
Ranked 82nd. 4 times more than India
9.95
Ranked 116th.
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 16-49 None 240039958
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ 4 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 33th.
22 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 27th. 6 times more than Argentina

Employment in arms > Production 5,000
Ranked 45th.
180,000
Ranked 6th. 36 times more than Argentina
Exports > USD 4 million
Ranked 31st.
21 million
Ranked 24th. 5 times more than Argentina

Highest military decorations > Number awarded 18
Ranked 5th.
21
Ranked 4th. 17% more than Argentina
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people 8.26
Ranked 131st.
9.83
Ranked 86th. 19% more than Argentina

Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per capita $117.79 per capita
Ranked 6th. 9 times more than India
$13.17 per capita
Ranked 67th.
Conventional arms imports $129.00 million
Ranked 33th.
$2.38 billion
Ranked 1st. 18 times more than Argentina
Manpower > Availability > Males 10.03 million
Ranked 30th.
301.09 million
Ranked 2nd. 30 times more than Argentina

Manpower > Military age 20 years of age 17 years of age
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 344,575
Ranked 27th.
11.45 million
Ranked 2nd. 33 times more than Argentina
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males 339,503
Ranked 34th.
12.15 million
Ranked 1st. 36 times more than Argentina
Manpower available for military service > Females age 16-49 9959134 296071637
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 107.31 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 36th. 5 times more than India
20.38 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 41st.

Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 1.73 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 51st. 33% more than India
1.31 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 57th.

Employment in arms > Production per 1000 0.134
Ranked 49th.
0.17
Ranked 48th. 27% more than Argentina
Manpower > Availability > Females 9.89 million
Ranked 27th.
283.05 million
Ranked 2nd. 29 times more than Argentina

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 8.35 million
Ranked 26th.
231.16 million
Ranked 2nd. 28 times more than Argentina

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 9.78 million
Ranked 31st.
288.25 million
Ranked 2nd. 29 times more than Argentina

US military > Exports $9,929.00 thousand
Ranked 20th. 22 times more than India
$452.00 thousand
Ranked 64th.
Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 1.73 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 51st. 29% more than India
1.34 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 56th.

Conventional arms imports per capita $3.95
Ranked 40th. 45% more than India
$2.73
Ranked 49th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people 8
Ranked 132nd.
8.91
Ranked 117th. 11% more than Argentina
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females 323,170
Ranked 33th.
10.75 million
Ranked 1st. 33 times more than Argentina
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 8.37 million
Ranked 26th.
236.63 million
Ranked 2nd. 28 times more than Argentina

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000 253.06
Ranked 72nd.
255.74
Ranked 66th. 1% more than Argentina

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 7.94 million
Ranked 26th.
169 million
Ranked 2nd. 21 times more than Argentina

Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 per 1000 8.76
Ranked 85th.
9.88
Ranked 59th. 13% more than Argentina
Conventional arms imports > Per $ GDP 0.267 per $1,000
Ranked 51st.
0.716 per $1,000
Ranked 28th. 3 times more than Argentina
Expenditure > % of central government expenditure 5.87%
Ranked 43th.
18.62%
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Argentina

US military > Exports, % of GDP 3.32e-06%
Ranked 80th. 32 times more than India
1.05e-07%
Ranked 102nd.
Military expenditure > % of GDP 0.76%
Ranked 96th.
2.97%
Ranked 27th. 4 times more than Argentina

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000 8.39
Ranked 122nd.
9.06
Ranked 107th. 8% more than Argentina

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 per 1000 205.52
Ranked 33th. 37% more than India
149.94
Ranked 104th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Females per 1000 210.88
Ranked 52nd. 5% more than India
201.45
Ranked 68th.

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people 7.97
Ranked 136th.
9.95
Ranked 81st. 25% more than Argentina
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000 210.51
Ranked 49th. 7% more than India
196.79
Ranked 80th.

Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000 252.78
Ranked 88th.
256.32
Ranked 74th. 1% more than Argentina

Expenditures > Dollar figure, % of GDP 1.52%
Ranked 12th.
2.27%
Ranked 32nd. 50% more than Argentina
Conventional arms imports, % of GDP 0.0913%
Ranked 48th.
0.727%
Ranked 16th. 8 times more than Argentina
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.21 per capita
Ranked 35th. 32% more than India
0.159 per capita
Ranked 104th.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita 8.22 per 1,000 people
Ranked 137th.
9.27 per 1,000 people
Ranked 115th. 13% more than Argentina

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.258 per capita
Ranked 82nd.
0.272 per capita
Ranked 56th. 5% more than Argentina

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males > Per capita 8.6 per 1,000 people
Ranked 136th.
10.1 per 1,000 people
Ranked 104th. 17% more than Argentina

US military > Exports per 1000 $0.27 thousand
Ranked 46th. 613 times more than India
$0.00 thousand
Ranked 104th.
Expenditure > % of GDP 0.97%
Ranked 91st.
2.87%
Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Argentina

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males per 1000 8.78
Ranked 119th.
9.87
Ranked 99th. 12% more than Argentina

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females per thousand people 8
Ranked 131st.
8.91
Ranked 116th. 11% more than Argentina
Manpower > Availability > Females per 1000 249.24
Ranked 67th. 3% more than India
240.96
Ranked 81st.

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Female 323170 10745891
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Male 339503 12151065
Armed forces personnel > % of total labor force 0.56%
Ranked 105th.
0.57%
Ranked 103th. 2% more than Argentina

Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 0.107 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 35th. 5 times more than India
0.0198 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 41st.

Personnel > % of total labor force 0.56%
Ranked 113th.
0.7%
Ranked 103th. 25% more than Argentina

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 332,944
Ranked 33th.
10.64 million
Ranked 1st. 32 times more than Argentina

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females 323,170
Ranked 33th.
10.75 million
Ranked 1st. 33 times more than Argentina

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