Pakiston
Total Military Force
Active: 620,000
Reserves: 513,000
Army (550,000)
9 Corps HQ, 2 Armored Divisions, 19 Infantry Divisions with 1 area Command Division, 9 Corps Artillery Brigades, 26 Independent Brigades (7 Armored, 1 Mechanized, 6 Infantry, 5 Artillery, 7 Engineering) 3 Armored Reconnaissance Regiments, 3 SF Battalions, 1 Advanced Deployment Command
Navy (25,000)
Bases: Karachi (HQ), 2 additional bases planed for Gwadar and Ormara
Air Force (45,000)
3 Regional Commands: Peshawar (North), Sargodha (Central), Faisal (South)
Flying Hours: 210
Forces Abroad and Foreign Forces
MONUC (Congo):??? ??? ??? ??????? 36 including 29 observers
UNMISET (Timor):??? ??? ??? ?????? 87 including 13 observers
UNOMIG (Georgia):??? ?? ??? ? ? ??? 9 including?? 9 observers
UNAMSIL (Sierra Leone):??? 3863 including 15 observers
MINURSO (Sahara):?????????????????? 7 including?? 7 observers
Paramilitary (294,000)
National Guard: 185,000
Frontier Corps: 65,000
Pakistan Rangers: 25,000 - 30,000
Northern Light Infantry: 12,000; 3 Battalions
Maritime Security Agency: 2000
Coast Guard: 23 crafts
Strategic Force
On May 28, 1998 Pakistan announced that it had successfully conducted five nuclear tests. The Pakistani Atomic Energy Commission reported that the five nuclear tests conducted on May 28 generated a seismic signal of 5.0 on the Richter scale, with a total yield of up to 40 KT (equivalent TNT).
For more information see Links.
| Pakistan * |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
| GDP |
61bn |
68bn |
|
| Defense Exp |
2.5bn |
2.7bn |
|
| Defense Bdgt |
2.1bn |
2.5bn |
2.8bn |
| Foreign Military Assistance (US) |
0 |
75.9m |
51m |
* All figures in US dollars.
Links:
Pakistan Specific Weapons Systems
FAS on Pakistani Nuclear Capabilities
The International Institute for Strategic Studies
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