Taiwan
China has always considered Taiwan an errant part of its territory, and with a major power like this breathing down their necks, they’ve had to armor up very fast, and of course, seek powerful allies in the United States.
What they lack in numbers, they’ve more than made up for in advanced technology, although with China’s recent modernization efforts, this may no longer be enough.
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They currently have about 286 fighter jets, 3905 combat and armored tanks, 115 rocket projectors on land, 4 destroyers and 83 other naval assets capable of detecting enemy aggression and inflicting damage on them. Their active personnel stands at 215,000, with 1,675,000 in reserve and an active special operation forces unit.
Aside from the constant looming threat of a Chinese annexation, Taiwan still goes head to head with its chief nemesis by claiming some of the islands on the South China sea – Formosa in particular – as its own. For all these, Taiwan budgets about $10.7 billion for its military – which isn’t up to 10% of a nuclear China’s budget but should serve as a deterrence enough until the US can join in.
India
The Indian Armed Forces are the second largest military force in the world in terms of active personnel, surpassed only by the Chinese. The Indian Armed forces are also the largest volunteer military in the world, with about 1,362,500 active personnel and over 2,100,000 reserve personnel.
When put up against the rest of the world, India is ranked 4th, just under the USA, Russia, and China. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, as India is the second most populous country in the world and a busy history of peacemaking missions and other significant military operations such as the Indo-Pakistani wars, the Indo-Pakistani wars and the 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish among others.
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The Indian Armed Forces have a collective budget of $55.2 billion, which is the 5th highest military budget in the world and is a total of 2.5% of the country’s GDP. In terms of airpower, the military holds to a total of 2,082, and in the land strength department, they maintain about 7,000 armored vehicles (including tanks).
The Department of Defence Production is responsible for all of the military equipment and consists of 41 Indian Ordnance Factories. Up until 2014, India was one of the world’s largest importer of military equipment, so the Indian government launched the “Make in India” initiative and dramatically reduced imports in favor of manufacturing most of the stuff on their own.