Two historic rivals are at their closest to open conflict in years, after Indian jets carried out strikes on Pakistani territory on Tuesday. But how do the subcontinental powers stack up against each other?
While Islamabad presents itself as an equal to New Delhi in their diplomatic dealings, India’s advantage in economic size ($2.689 trillion nominal GDP versus $307 billion in 2018) and population (1.3 billion against 200 million) is proportionately translated to military dominance that Pakistan can only counter by spending financial resources it can ill afford.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 27, 2019
How India and Pakistan compare militarily -- Financial Times
Pakistan nuclear weapons: Does Pakistan have nuclear weapons? Imran Khan to consult chiefs -- Express
Israeli Missiles Used in Indian Air Force's Pakistan Strike - Reports -- Sputnik
US Air Force chief on the F-35 ‘quarterback,’ new and improved F-15, and future of light attack -- Defense News
With months left on the clock, US Air Force sprints toward readiness goal -- Defense News
Fighter jock culture may be holding Air Force back, Rand study says -- Air Force Times
How the US Air Force’s Kessel Run team plans to solve one of the F-35 program’s biggest headaches -- Defense News
Fleet Forces: Navy Short 6,200 At-Sea Sailors Now to Meet New Manning Requirements -- USNI News
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Navy Leaders Taken to Task by Lawmakers, Including One Who Was Grilling a Former Boss -- ProPublica
Blind Spots and Loud Noises: Report Finds Problems With New JLTVs -- DoD Buzz
Here are a few things to look forward to in the Army’s latest budget -- Army Times
Army plans $31 billion budget cut in ‘dramatic shift’ -- Stars and Stripes
US nuclear general worries over Russia’s weapons outside New START -- Defense News
Top US general for homeland defense says there is no military threat on southern border but admits to 'very real' threats coming from China and Russia in the north -- Daily Mail
Lockheed Martin wins $846 million U.S. defense contract: Pentagon -- Reuters
Joint military exercise in Qatar with U.S., regional partners a success -- UPI
Microsoft CEO: Selling HoloLens to Military Is a ‘Principled Decision’ -- Extreme Tech
US suffers setbacks in effort to ban Chinese tech company -- AP
The tech it takes to fight subterranean -- Military Times
BAE delivers first four BvS10 all-terrain vehicles to Austria -- UPI
New Small Air Force Satellites Could Counter Chinese Space Weapons -- Warrior Maven
‘No-go zone’ in Yellow Sea for Chinese aircraft carrier sea trials after Liaoning undergoes refit and Type 001A readies for test -- SCMP
New nuclear missile submarine to be named HMS Warspite -- UKDJ
This is how they’re going to raise the Norwegian frigate that sank -- Navy Times/AP
Moscow Says It's Forced to Respond Properly to NATO Military Potential Boost -- Sputnik
Russia’s ex-cybersecurity chief gets 22 year sentence in jail -- Fifth Domain