Editor's Foreword

Mirage/M-2000TH (M-2000ED) Mirage (secondary ECM
role); 88 MiG-27ML Flogger J2; 90 Jaguar S International
(incl 16 maritime attack with Sea Eagle tactical ASM); 152
MiG-21bis Fishbed L & N (125 being upgraded to MiG-
21bis-93); 16 MiG-21MF/PFMA Fishbed; 56 MiG-21M
AEW&C: 1 IL-76 TD Phalcon (2 more to follow by 2010)
RECCE 3 Gulfstream IV SRA-4
TKR 6 Il-78 Midas
TPT 213: 24 Il-76 Candid; 112 An-32 Cline; 6 B-707; 4
B-737; 20 BAe-748; 40 Do-228; 4 EMB-135BJ; 3 BBJ
TRG 271: 25 Hawk Mk 132AJT; 120 HJT-16 MKI; 56 HJT-
16 MK11 Kiran II; 70 HPT-32 Deepak
HELICOPTERS
ATK 20 Mi-25 Hind D/Mi-35 Hind
SPT 178: 4 Mi-26 Halo (hy tpt); 102 Mi-8; 72 Mi-17 (Mi-
8MT) Hip H
UTL 128: 20 Dhruv ALH (150 on order); 60 HAL Cheetah
(SA-315B) Lama SA-315; 48 HAL Chetak (SA-316B)
Alouette III
UAV: some Searcher MK II
AD • SAM S-125 (SA-3B) Goa
SP SA-8B
MANPAD SA-16 Gimlet
MSL • TACTICAL • ASM AM-39 Exocet; AS-11; AS-11B
(ATGW); AS-12 Kegler; AS-17 Krypton; AS-30; AS-7 Kerry;
Sea Eagle
ARM AS-11; AS-11B (ATGW); AS-12 Kegler; AS-17
Krypton
AAM AA-10 Alamo; AA-11 Archer; AA-12 Adder; AA-7
Apex; AA-8 Aphid; R-550 Magic; Super 530D
Coast Guard 9,550
Control of the Coast Guard is exercised through the
Director General under the Ministry of Defence (HQ
Delhi). The CG is organised into 11 districts with three
regional Command Head Quarters at Mumbai, Chennai,
Port Blair; in addition there are two principal air stations
at Daman and Chennai with additional air stations at
Mumbai, Goa, Kochi, Kolkata and Port Blair for maritime
surveillance with a total of 9 Air Squadrons.
EQUIPmENT By TyPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 70+
PSOH 14: 2 Sankalp (Additional vessels in build); 4
Samar; 8 Vikram
PCO 8: 7 Sarojini-Naid; 1 Rani Abbakka (ISD expected
’10; additional vessels in build)
PCC 23: 7 Jija Bai mod 1; 8 Priyadarshini; 6 Tara Bai; 2
Rajkiran
PBC 14
PBI 5+
ACV 6 Griffon 8000
AIRCRAFT • TPT 24 Do-228
HELICOPTERS • UTL • SA-316 17 HAL Chetak (SA-
316B) Alouette III
Paramilitary 1,300,586
rashtriya rifles 65,000
Ministry of Defence
Paramilitary 65 bn (in 15 sector HQ)
South and Central Asia
363
Assam rifles 63,883
Ministry of Home Affairs. Security within north-eastern
states, mainly army-officered; better trained than BSF
FORCES By ROLE
Equipped to roughly same standard as an army inf bn
Paramilitary 7 HQ; 42 bn each with 6 81mm mor
EQUIPmENT By TyPE
ARTY • MOR 81mm 240
Border Security Force 208,422
Ministry of Home Affairs.
FORCES By ROLE
Paramilitary 157+ bn each with 6 81mm
EQUIPmENT By TyPE
Small arms, lt arty, some anti-tank weapons
ARTY • MOR 81mm 942+
AIRCRAFT • TPT (air spt)
Central industrial Security Force 94,347
(lightly armed security guards only)
Ministry of Home Affairs. Guards public-sector
locations
Central reserve Police Force 229,699
Ministry of Home Affairs. Internal security duties, only
lightly armed, deployable throughout the country
Paramilitary 2 Mahila (female) bn; 125 bn; 13 rapid
action force bn
Defence Security Corps 31,000
Provides security at Defence Ministry sites
indo–Tibetan Border Police 36,324
Ministry of Home Affairs. Tibetan border security
SF/guerrilla warfare and high-altitude warfare specialists;
30 bn
national Security Guards 7,357
Anti-terrorism contingency deployment force, comprising
elements of the armed forces, CRPF and Border
Security Force
railway Protection Forces 70,000
Sashastra Seema Bal 31,554
Guards Indo-Nepal/Bhutan borders
Special Frontier Force 10,000
Mainly ethnic Tibetans
Special Protection Group 3,000
Protection of VVIP
State Armed Police 450,000
For duty primarily in home state only, but can be moved
to other states. Some bn with GPMG and army standard
infantry weapons and equipment
Paramilitary 24 (India Reserve Police (cdo-trained)) bn
South and
Central Asia