What would happen if India and Pakistan went to full war?Who is the likely winner?
In conventional warfare, India is superior to Pakistan just by sheer number, here is a list from Jane’s defense weekly a 2005 update: Indian Army statistics: Active Troops 1,400,000, Reserve Troops 900,000, Territorial Army 200,000, Main Battle Tanks 5600, Artillery 3800, Support Aircraft 9 squadrons of helicopters, Surface-to-air missiles 1900. Pakistan Army statistics: Active Troops 800,000, Reserve Troops 200,000, Territorial Army 150,000, Main Battle Tanks 2900, Artillery 1700, Support Aircraft 11 squadrons of helicopters, Surface-to-air missiles 700. But you can be rest assured that a war between India and pak will not remain conventional for long. Probably China will take their side and Russia will take India’s side, USA will remain neutral and sell arms to both… In a worst situation, God forbid, if nuclear weapons comes into play, and probably Pakistan makes a first strike,(India will never strike first) it will annihilate about 70% of west India, with India’s counterattack wi
