India's arsenal includes 9,743 pieces of artillery against Pakistan's 4,619 pieces, and 3,740 main battle tanks compared to Pakistan's 2,537. While India has 730 combat-capable aircraft, Pakistan's fleet is much smaller at 452 aircraft.

Pakistan's information minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday that the country has credible intelligence that India intends to launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours. This comes as tensions rise between the two nuclear-armed nations rise as India has said there were Pakistani elements to the attack that killed 26 men at a tourist spot in Indian Kashmir last week.