Land Of Dispute

By Laura Bradford and Nadia Mustafa

PAKISTAN

--DEFENSE BUDGET 2001 $2.6 billion

--NUCLEAR WARHEADS 30 to 50 (est.)

--TROOPS Active 620,000 Reserves 513,000

--PARAMILITARY FORCES Approx. 288,000

--ARMY Tanks 2,300 Artillery 1,830 Armored personnel carriers 1,150

--AIR FORCE Combat aircraft 353 including 6 ground attack squadrons and 12 fighter squadrons but no armed helicopters

--NAVY Submarines 10 Surface combatants 8 frigates

--MISSILES

Short-range M-11--280-km range/800-kg payload Hatf-1--80-km to 100-km range/500-kg payload Shaheen-1--750-km range/500-kg payload

Medium-range Ghauri-1--1,300+-km range/700-kg payload

INDIA

--DEFENSE BUDGET 2001 $15.6 billion

--NUCLEAR WARHEADS 45 to 95 (est.)

--TROOPS Active 1,263,000 Reserves 535,000

--PARAMILITARY FORCES 1,089,700

--ARMY Tanks 3,414 Artillery approx. 4,355 Armored personnel carriers approx. 217

--AIR FORCE Combat aircraft 738 including 22+ armed helicopters, 21 ground attack squadrons and 19 fighter squadrons

--NAVY Submarines 16 Surface combatants 27 including 8 destroyers, 11 frigates, 1 aircraft carrier and 7 corvettes

--MISSILES

Short-range Prithvi I--150-km range/1,000-kg payload Prithvi II--250-km range/500-kg payload

Medium-range Agni II--2,000+-km range/1,000-kg payload