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Brief Facts >> Pakistan
Defence
Military expenditure
(as % of GDP)
4.5 (2004)
Total armed forces Index
Thousands (1985 = 100)
128 (2004)
Forces
Pakistan Army
Navy
PAF
Intelligence
Pakistan Army Active Duty 550,000
Reserve 500,000
Paramilitary Forces:

National Guard: 185,000
Pakistan Rangers: 35,000
Frontier Crops:35,000
Maritime Security Agency: 2,500
Coast Guard: Exact Number Classified
Anti Terrorist Elite Force: Exact Number Classified

Main equipment (Pakistan Army) Tanks:2,315+ (Local Production, More Expected)
APC :1,050+ (Local Production, More Expected)
Artillery Towed: 1,470
Artillery Self Propelled: 240
MRLs: 45+(Local Production, More Expected)
Mortars: 725
SSM Launchers: 122
Ligh SAM Launchers: 850
AA Guns: 2,000+ (Local Production, More Expected)
Surface To Surface Ballistic Missiles: 100+ (Local Production, More Expected)
Anti Tank Guided Weapons: 820+ (Local Production, More Expected)

Classification Of ships with respect to their classes (Navy)

  • Ex-UK Class Type 21 Destroyers
  • Ex-UK Leander Class Frigates
  • French Eridan Class Mine Hunters
  • Hydrographic Survey Vessels
  • Fleet Tankers
  • Town Class Patrol Crafts
  • Larkana Class Large Patrol Crafts
  • Jalalat Class Missile Boats
  • Huangfen Class Fast Attack Crafts
Classification Of submarines with respect to their classes (Navy)
  • French Agosta 90-B Class, Formally Known As Khalid Class, Nuclear Strike Capable Submarines
  • French Daphne Class, Formally Known As Hangor Class Submarines
  • French Agosta 70 Class, Formally Known As Hashmat Class Submarines
  • MG 110 Midget Class Submarines For Navy Seals Operations, Deep within enemy Area
Pakistan Air Force,(PAF) 1 Major Air Bases-10
2 Forward Bases- 11
3 Advanced Attack Bases- 9
Weapon & Missiles (PAF) AIM-9P,AIM-9L,Magic R.550,PL-9 Air Dragon,PL-7,PL-5,BL-755,EXOCET,GBU-10, GBU-12,AGM-65B MAVERICK,MK-82 Snake Eye,
Intelligence(ISI) units-7
Nuclear capacity  Abdali,Ghaznavi, Shaheen-1, Ghauri-1 , Ghauri-2,Shaheen-2,Ghauri-3? (Ghaznavi?),CSS-6/DF-15
Sources: www.pakistanidefence.com / www.cbr.gov.pk

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