Indiavs Russia
On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Russia (#2) holds a narrow edge over India (#4).
- Russia holds 23× as many nuclear warheads.
- Russia fields 3.7× as many submarines.
- Russia has 2.2× as many naval vessels.
Who leads in each area
- People and moneyEven, 2–2
- Land forcesRussia leads 4 of 5
- Air powerRussia leads 7 of 7
- Naval forcesRussia leads 3 of 7
- Nuclear weaponsRussia 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
$190B1.43M
Active personnel
1.32M1M
Reserves
2M2.53M
Paramilitary
250KSpending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (India: 2.3% of GDP; Russia: 7.5% of GDP).
Land forces
Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.
3,913
Tanks
5,630164K
Armored vehicles
127K100
Self-propelled artillery
3,6035,640
Towed artillery
5,920300
Rocket artillery
2,486Air power
Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.
2,183
Total aircraft
4,237476
Fighters
861124
Attack aircraft
698594
Helicopters
1,64379
Attack helicopters
5566
Tankers
18277
Transports
458Naval forces
Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.
343
Total fleet
7472
Aircraft carriers
10
Helicopter carriers
018
Submarines
6613
Destroyers
1318
Frigates
1221
Corvettes
79Nuclear weapons
Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.
190
Warheads
4,40012
Deployed warheads
1,796Compare other countries
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Profiles: India and Russia. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.