Bharat Arsenal Index
Indian Armed
Forces
A reference catalogue of the equipment fielded by the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force, and of the operations it has been used in — from the annexation of Goa in 1961 to Sindoor in 2025.
- 1.45M
- Active personnel
- 2nd
- Largest military
- 3
- Armed services
What the fleet looks like
Drawn from all 163 catalogued platforms. Every chart is clickable — follow any bar into the matching equipment list.
Where the commands are
Operational command headquarters of the three services, plus the tri-service Andaman & Nicobar Command.
- Army
- Navy
- Air Force
- Tri-service
Command headquarters only, located to city level — this map does not show units, equipment basing or forward deployments. Outline © DataMeet India community (CC BY 4.0), showing Government of India boundaries.
How much is built in India
Share of each service's catalogued equipment by how it was procured.
- Indigenous
- Licence-built
- Joint development
- Imported
Counts distinct platform types, not units in service. Shared platforms are counted under each operating service.
Where it comes from
Supplier countries by number of platforms in the catalogue.
- India61
- Russia / USSR36
- France10
- United States10
- Israel8
- United Kingdom4
- Sweden3
- South Africa2
- Other (10 countries)11
Covers 145 of 163 entries with a recorded origin. Soviet-era and Russian equipment is counted as one supplier lineage; jointly developed platforms are credited to the first-named partner.
What the forces are made of
Distinct equipment types in each category, grouped by domain.
Land
84 typesAir
51 typesAll 163 catalogued platforms. Counts are of distinct types — one entry per ship class, aircraft type or weapon system — not units in service. The three panels share one scale.
Counts are of distinct platform types, not units in service — inventory figures are recorded per entry but are too incomplete to total. See any platform page for its sources.
The services
Three arms of one force
The Indian Armed Forces field land, sea and air power across three services. Each branch's inventory is catalogued by category and role.
Army · Command
सेवा परमो धर्मः
“Service Before Self”
Indian Army
The land component — and the world's largest standing volunteer army.
- Personnel
- 1.24 million active
- Platforms
- 85
Navy · Command
शं नो वरुणः
“May the Lord of the Oceans be Auspicious Unto Us”
Indian Navy
A blue-water force built around two carriers and a growing indigenous fleet.
- Personnel
- 75,000 active
- Platforms
- 40
IAF · Command
नभः स्पृशं दीप्तम्
“Touch the Sky with Glory”
Indian Air Force
One of the world's most operationally experienced air forces.
- Personnel
- 140,000 active
- Platforms
- 49
Operations
Every named operation
20 operations from 1948 to 2025 — offensives, peacekeeping deployments, disaster relief and evacuations — each with a full account of what it set out to do, what it achieved and what it cost, ranked by public attention and consequence. Every entry names the catalogued equipment it was conducted with.
May – July 1999
Operation Vijay (1999)
विजय
Retaking ridgelines above 16,000 feet, in the highest-altitude war ever fought.
- Theatre
- Kargil, Ladakh
- Equipment
- 8 catalogued
Representative1–8 June 1984
Operation Blue Star
The costliest operation in the Army's domestic record, and the most contested.
- Theatre
- Amritsar, Punjab
- Equipment
- 1 catalogued
18–19 December 1961
Operation Vijay (1961)
विजय
Thirty-six hours that ended four and a half centuries of Portuguese rule in India.
- Theatre
- Goa, Daman and Diu
- Equipment
- —
7–10 May 2025
Operation Sindoor
सिंदूर
Precision strikes on nine sites, and the first combat use of India's own air-defence network.
- Theatre
- Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir
- Equipment
- 10 catalogued
Representative26 February 2019
Operation Bandar
बंदर
The first Indian airstrike beyond Kashmir into Pakistan proper since 1971.
- Theatre
- Balakot, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Equipment
- 6 catalogued
13–18 September 1948
Operation Polo
Five days that brought the largest princely state into the Union.
- Theatre
- Hyderabad State
- Equipment
- —
Featured platforms
India’s flagships
Nine systems that carry the most weight across the three services — from the tri-service BrahMos to the first carrier India built itself. 4 open as interactive 3D models.
Indian Air Force
Sukhoi Su-30 MKI
Flanker-H
The heavyweight workhorse of the IAF fleet.
- Role
- Multirole fighter, air superiority fighter
- In service
- 2002 — present
Indian Air Force
Dassault Rafale
Omnirole Warrior
India's newest 4.5-generation air-superiority platform.
- Role
- Multirole fighter
- In service
- 2020 — present
Indian Air Force
BrahMos
The supersonic cruise missile all three services field.
- Role
- Cruise missile
- In service
- 2007 — present
Indian Navy
Vikrant-class aircraft carrier
India's first home-built aircraft carrier.
- Role
- Aircraft carrier
- In service
- 2022 — present
Indian Army
Agni-V
The long reach of India's nuclear deterrent.
- Role
- Intermediate-range ballistic missile
- In service
- In service
Indian Air Force
Dassault Mirage 2000
Vajra
The precision striker that hit Balakot.
- Role
- Multirole fighter aircraft
- In service
- 1985 — present
Indian Air Force
HAL Tejas
Light Combat Aircraft
India's indigenous fourth-generation fighter.
- Role
- Multirole light fighter
- In service
- 2016 — present
Indian Army
T-90S Bhishma
Bhishma
The armoured fist of India's strike corps.
- Role
- Main battle tank
- In service
- 2003 — present
Indian Air Force
S-400 Triumf
The long-range shield over Indian airspace.
- Role
- Mobile long-range surface-to-air/anti-ballis
- In service
- 2021 — present
About the index
One force,
three domains
A reference catalogue of the equipment operated by the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force — organised by service, category and role.
Inventory figures are drawn from publicly available sources and are estimates: published strengths vary between sources and the services do not confirm exact numbers. Every entry carries its references and the date they were retrieved.
- 163
- Platforms
- 63%
- Indian-built
- 18
- Suppliers