The Doklam standoff between Indian Army and Chinese People's Liberation Army started in June. And, now - in August - China's state media has said that Chinese PLA can "annihilate" Indian Army if war breaks out between the two nuclear-armed Asian neighbours. Indian Army has about 28.44 lakh reserve soldiers while Chinese PLA has about 14.52 lakh troops under reserve components. According to Global Firepower statistics, total military personnel under Indian Army is about 42.07 lakh while for Chinese PLA, the total strength stands at 37.12 lakh.Indian Army has 4,426 battle tanks while Chinese PLA has 6,457. But, in towed artillery, Indian Army is even numerically superior to Chinese PLA.

Source: India Today August 05, 2017 11:56 UTC