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Pakistan and Iran are now facing each other (pic credit: AFP)
Iran has fired a missile in Pakistan's Balochistan, in which 2 people have died and 3 people have been injured. According to media reports, this attack by Iran Pakistan was targeted by a terrorist organization called Jaish-ul-Adal, operating from of Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said in his statement that this violation of Pakistan's sovereignty will not be tolerated at all.
Jaish-al-Adal, a Sunni terrorist group, has often carried out attacks in Iran. Some time ago, the name of this organization also came out in the attack on a police station in Sistan, Iran. It is being told that Iran's latest attack is in response to this incident. However, the Pakistan government has strongly condemned it and warned of serious consequences of the attack. Let's know how powerful Pakistan is compared to Iran in terms of military strength.
Who dominates who in the latest rankings?
According to the 2024 ranking of the Global Firepower Index, Pakistan has more effective military power than Iran. The military of 145 countries is ranked in this index. In the 2024 ranking, Iran is 14th and Pakistan is 9th. Pakistan has more resources in Airforce, Navy and Army. However, Iran seems to be giving tough competition to Pakistan in some cases.
Iran's population is 8.75 crore, while Pakistan's population is almost three times that, 24.76 crore. Pakistan has twice the population of Iran. Iran has 4.90 crore and Pakistan has 10.64 crore manpower.
Defense budget and reserve personnel
There is not much difference between Iran and Pakistan in terms of active soldiers. Pakistan has 6,54,00 and Iran has 6,10,000 active troops. But Pakistan has 2 lakh more reserve soldiers than Iran. Despite having a small population, Iran's economy is many times better than that of Pakistan. Iran's defense budget is around 1 thousand crore rupees. Along with this, the budget of the neighboring country Pakistan is only 634 crores. Apart from this, Pakistan also has a debt of many times more money.
Pakistan has more fighter jets
If Pakistan launches airstrikes, its army has 1,437 aircraft. Also, Iran has only 551 aircraft to counter it. Only 186 of them are fighter jets. Apart from this, the number of dedicated attack aircraft of Iran is only 23. On the other hand, Pakistan has 387 fighter jets and 90 dedicated attack aircraft. There is also a big difference between the two countries in terms of helicopters. Pakistan has 352 and Iran has 129 helicopters. Out of these, Pakistan Army has 57 attack helicopters and Iranian Air Force has 13 attack helicopters.
If we look at air power, Iran is ahead of Pakistan in this matter. Its number of air tankers is more than that of Pakistan. Iran has 7 air tankers and Pakistan has only 4. However, Pakistan has 549 training fighter jets, while Iran has only 102 such jets. He has only 10 ships to complete special missions. Along with this, Pakistan has 25 such aircraft.
Who next in ground power?
No country seems to dominate the other in terms of land power. Iran has 65,756 armored vehicles. Along with this, Pakistan has only around 50 thousand armored vehicles. In addition, Pakistan Army has only 173 fewer mobile rocket projectors than Iran, i.e. 602.
If we look at the number of tanks, then Pakistan has a large number of them. It has 3,742 tanks. Iran has only 2 thousand tanks to counter them. Pakistan is also ahead in self-propelled artillery. He has 752 artillery pieces. While Iran has only 580. Pakistan also has other artillery. It has artillery with 3,238 guns, while Iran has only 2,050.
Neither has an aircraft carrier
Now let's look at their sea power. Iran has a total of 101 aircraft, while Pakistan has 14 aircraft. Iran's navy has more submarines than Pakistan's. Iran has 19 submarines in its navy. Also, Pakistan has only 8 submarines. Both countries do not have aircraft carriers and helo carriers. However, Pakistan has 2 destroyers, while Iran has none.
Iran has 3 and Pakistan has 7 corvette warships. If we look at the number of mine warfare, Iran has 1 and Pakistan has 3. Pakistan has 69 patrol aircraft, while Iran has only 21 patrol aircraft.
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