Indiavs Israel
On Global Firepower's 2026 index, India (#4) holds a solid edge over Israel (#15).
- India has aircraft carriers; Israel has none.
- India has destroyers; Israel has none.
- India has 8.4× as many active troops.
Who leads in each area
- People and moneyIndia leads 4 of 4
- Land forcesIndia leads 4 of 5
- Air powerIndia leads 6 of 7
- Naval forcesIndia leads 6 of 7
- Nuclear weaponsIndia leads 2 of 2
Leads count raw numbers in each category. Larger is not always stronger: a modern fleet can beat a bigger, older one.
People and money
Who can be put in uniform, and how much is spent keeping them there.
$92.1B
Military spending
$48.3B1.43M
Active personnel
170K1M
Reserves
465K2.53M
Paramilitary
35KSpending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (India: 2.3% of GDP; Israel: 7.8% of GDP).
Land forces
Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.
3,913
Tanks
1,300164K
Armored vehicles
62K100
Self-propelled artillery
3235,640
Towed artillery
171300
Rocket artillery
228Air power
Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.
2,183
Total aircraft
597476
Fighters
239124
Attack aircraft
45594
Helicopters
12779
Attack helicopters
486
Tankers
13277
Transports
14Naval forces
Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.
343
Total fleet
822
Aircraft carriers
00
Helicopter carriers
018
Submarines
613
Destroyers
018
Frigates
021
Corvettes
7Nuclear weapons
Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.
190
Warheads
9012
Deployed warheads
0Compare other countries
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Profiles: India and Israel. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.