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The Russian army is among the top three strongest in the world; in the Credit Suisse rating, the Russian military is rated along with the armies of China and the United States. What is the real balance of power among states ready for military conflicts?Medialeaks publishes a list of the 20 most powerful armies in the world according to the organization.
At the end of September, the financial organization published a report in which it indicated the TOP 20 most powerful armies in the world. Based on this graph, our publication made a detailed list and added its comments.
When compiling the rating, such parameters as the budget, army size, number of tanks, aircraft, combat helicopters, aircraft carriers and submarines, and partly the presence of nuclear weapons were taken into account. The technical level of weapons influenced the position on the list to a lesser extent, and the real combat capability of a particular army was practically not assessed.
Thus, assessing the situation of some countries may raise questions. Let's say the Israeli army is inferior to Egypt by two positions, mainly due to the number of soldiers and tanks. However, in all clashes, the first won an unconditional victory over the second, despite the numerical superiority.
It is interesting to note that no Latin American countries were included in the list. For example, despite the size of the population and economy, Brazil's military doctrine does not involve serious external or internal threats, so military spending in this country amounts to only about 1% of GDP.
It is also somewhat strange that the list did not include Iran with its half a million soldiers, one and a half thousand tanks and 300 combat aircraft.
20. Canada
Budget: $15.7 billion
Number of active army: 22 thousand.
Tanks: 181
Aviation: 420
Submarines: 4
The Canadian Army is at the bottom of the list: it does not have as many numbers and does not have as much military equipment. Be that as it may, the Canadian military takes an active part in all US operations. In addition, Canada is a participant in the F-35 program.
19. Indonesia
Budget: $6.9 billion
Number of active army: 476 thousand.
Tanks: 468
Aviation: 405
Submarines: 2
Indonesia made the list thanks to its large number of military personnel and the noticeable size of its tank force, but for an island country it lacks naval forces: in particular, it has no aircraft carriers and only two diesel submarines.
18. Germany
Budget: $40.2 billion
Number of active army: 179 thousand.
Tanks: 408
Aviation: 663
Submarines: 4
After World War II, Germany did not have its own army for 10 years. During the confrontation between the West and the USSR, the Bundeswehr numbered up to half a million people, but after unification, the country's authorities abandoned the doctrine of confrontation and sharply reduced investments in defense. Apparently, this is why the German Armed Forces ended up even behind Poland in the Credit Suisse rating. At the same time, Berlin is actively sponsoring its eastern NATO allies.
17. Poland
Budget: $9.4 billion
Number of active army: 120 thousand.
Tanks: 1,009
Aviation: 467
Submarines: 5
Poland has surpassed its western neighbor in military power due to its greater number of tanks and submarines, although for the last 300 years the Polish Army has lost in most military conflicts. Be that as it may, Warsaw increased spending on the army after the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the outbreak of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
16. Thailand
Budget: $5.4 billion
Number of active army: 306 thousand.
Tanks: 722
Aviation: 573
Submarines: 0
The Thai army has been in control of the situation within the country since May 2014; the armed forces are the main guarantee of political stability. It employs a significant number of people and has a large number of modern tanks and aircraft.
15. Australia
Budget: $26.1 billion
Number of active army: 58 thousand.
Tanks: 59
Aviation: 408
Submarines: 6
Australian military personnel consistently take part in all NATO operations. In accordance with national doctrine, Australia must be able to stand alone against external invasion. The defense forces are formed on a professional basis, the army is well equipped technically, there is a modern fleet and a large number of combat helicopters.
14. Israel
Budget: $17 billion
Number of active army: 160 thousand.
Tanks: 4,170
Aviation: 684
Submarines: 5
Israel is the most underrated participant in the ranking. The IDF won all the conflicts in which it participated, and sometimes the Israelis had to fight on several fronts against an enemy many times larger than them. In addition to the huge number of the latest offensive and defensive weapons of its own design, Credit Suisse's analysis does not take into account the fact that the country has several hundred thousand reservists with combat experience and high motivation. The calling card of the IDF is female soldiers who have proven that the weaker sex with a machine gun is no less effective than the stronger. Not to mention the fact that, according to unverified data, Israel has about 80 nuclear warheads in its arsenal.
13. Taiwan
Budget: $10.7 billion
Number of active army: 290 thousand.
Tanks: 2,005
Aviation: 804
Submarines: 4
The authorities of the Republic of China believe that they are the legitimate government of the Celestial Empire and sooner or later they must return to Beijing, and until this happens, the army is always ready for the invasion of usurpers from the mainland. And although in reality the island’s armed forces are unlikely to be able to resist the PRC army, two thousand modern tanks and 800 aircraft and helicopters make it a serious force.
12. Egypt
Budget: $4.4 billion
Number of active army: 468 thousand.
Tanks: 4,624
Aviation: 1,107
Submarines: 4
The Egyptian army was ranked due to its numbers and quantity of equipment, although, as the Yom Kippur War showed, even a threefold superiority in tanks is offset by high combat skills and the technical level of weapons. At the same time, it is known that about a thousand “Abrams” of the Egyptian Armed Forces are simply mothballed in warehouses. Nevertheless, Cairo will acquire two Mistral-class helicopter carriers, not supplied by France to the Russian Federation, and about 50 Ka-52 combat helicopters for them, which will make Egypt a truly serious military force in the region.
11. Pakistan
Budget: $7 billion
Number of active army: 617 thousand.
Tanks: 2,924
Aviation: 914
Submarines: 8
The Pakistani army is one of the largest in the world, it has many tanks and aircraft, and the United States supports Islamabad with equipment. The main threat is internal; local leaders and the Taliban rule in hard-to-reach areas of the country. In addition, Pakistan has not reached an agreement on borders with India: the territories of the states of Jammu and Kashmir remain disputed, formally the countries are in a state of conflict, within which they are engaged in an arms race. Pakistan has medium-range ballistic missiles and about a hundred nuclear warheads
10. Türkiye
Budget: $18.2 billion
Number of active army: 410 thousand.
Tanks: 3,778
Aviation: 1,020
Submarines: 13
Türkiye claims to be a regional leader, so it is constantly building up and updating its armed forces. A huge number of tanks, aircraft and a large modern fleet (though without aircraft carriers) allow the Turkish army to be considered the strongest among the Muslim countries of the Middle East.
9. UK
Budget: $60.5 billion
Number of active army: 147 thousand.
Tanks: 407
Aviation: 936
Submarines: 10
After the end of World War II, Great Britain abandoned the idea of military dominance around the world in favor of the United States, but the Royal Armed Forces still have significant power and take part in all NATO operations. Her Majesty's fleet includes several nuclear submarines with strategic nuclear weapons: a total of about 200 warheads. By 2020, the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth is expected to be commissioned, which will be able to carry 40 F-35B fighters.
8. Italy
Budget: $34 billion
Number of active army: 320 thousand.
Tanks: 586
Aviation: 760
Submarines: 6
7. South Korea
Budget: $62.3 billion
Number of active army: 624 thousand.
Tanks: 2,381
Aviation: 1,412
Submarines: 13
South Korea retains numerous armed forces, although in terms of quantitative indicators in everything except aviation, it continues to lose to its main potential enemy, the DPRK. The difference, of course, is in the technological level. Seoul has its own and Western latest developments, Pyongyang has Soviet technology 50 years ago.
6. France
Budget: $62.3 billion
Number of active army: 202 thousand.
Tanks: 423
Aviation: 1,264
Submarines: 10
The French army is still the main military force in Africa and continues to actively intervene in local conflicts. The nuclear attack aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was recently commissioned. Currently, France has approximately 300 strategic nuclear warheads, which are located on nuclear submarines. There are also 60 tactical warheads.
5. India
Budget: $50 billion
Number of active army: 1.325 million
Tanks: 6,464
Aviation: 1,905
Submarines: 15
The third largest army in the world and the fourth largest army in the world. The fact that India has approximately a hundred nuclear warheads, three aircraft carriers and two nuclear submarines in service makes it the fifth most powerful country.
4. Japan
Budget: $41.6 billion
Number of active army: 247 thousand.
Tanks: 678
Aviation: 1,613
Submarines: 16
The most unexpected thing in the ranking is Japan's 4th place, despite the fact that formally the country cannot have an army, but only self-defense forces. Business Insider attributes this to the high level of equipment of Japanese aircraft. In addition, they include 4 helicopter carriers and 9 destroyers. At the same time, Japan does not have nuclear weapons and this, together with the small number of tanks, makes us think that the position of this army is greatly overestimated.
3. China
Budget: $216 billion
Number of active army: 2.33 million
Tanks: 9,150
Aviation: 2,860
Submarines: 67
The second economy in the world has the largest active army, but in terms of the number of tanks, planes and helicopters it is still noticeably inferior not only to the United States, but also to Russia. But the defense budget is 2.5 times greater than the Russian one. As far as is known, China has several hundred nuclear warheads on alert. However, some believe that in reality the PRC may have several thousand warheads, but this information is carefully classified.
2. Russia
Budget: $84.5 billion
Number of active army: 1 million
Tanks: 15,398
Aviation: 3,429
Submarines: 55
Syria has demonstrated once again that Russia rightly continues to hold a solid 2nd place among the strongest, according to Business Insider. The Russian Armed Forces are second only to China in terms of the number of submarines. And if the rumors about China's secret nuclear stockpile are not true, it is far ahead in this area. It is believed that Russia's strategic nuclear forces have about 350 delivery vehicles and about 2 thousand nuclear warheads. The number of tactical nuclear warheads is unknown and could be several thousand.
1. USA
Budget: $601 billion
Number of active army: 1.4 million
Tanks: 8,848
Aviation: 13,892
Submarines: 72
The US military budget is comparable to the previous 19th. The Navy includes 10 aircraft carriers. It is characteristic that, unlike Moscow, which relied on tanks back in Soviet times, Washington is developing combat aviation. In addition, the American authorities, despite the end of the Cold War, continue to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the development of the latest military technologies, thanks to which the United States remains a leader not only in everything related to killing people, but also in the field, for example, robotics and prosthetics.
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It's no secret that since ancient times, the strength of a country has been determined by the power of its army. Maintaining control within the state and protecting from external enemies is the main task. It is not for nothing that countries are so sensitive to the issue of financing this area. Below are the ten most powerful armies in the world. This rating was compiled taking into account the number of the army, its modernity and the power of the equipment used and the budget. And naturally, the most powerful armies are armed with,. So, top 10
The most powerful armies in the world.
No. 10. Israel
240 thousand soldiers and 600 thousand people are in reserve reserves for a total population of 7.9 million people - a good indicator. The military equipment includes 13,000 units, including 1,964 aircraft units and 64 naval ships. There are a large number of girls among the soldiers. The amount used for the military forces is 15 billion dollars.
No. 9. Japan
Another small country with a population of 127.8 million people, including 247 thousand military personnel, as well as 60 thousand people who are currently in reserve. Official data indicates the following figures: 5320 units of ground equipment, 1965 - all kinds of aircraft, 110 units of naval weapons. Unofficially, there are suspicions about the latest developments in the field of military science. Army funding amounts to $58 billion.
No. 8. France
In France there are 230 thousand military personnel and 70 thousand reserves, plus 105 thousand police officers. 10,621 ground defense equipment, 1,757 air defense equipment, as well as 289 ships. Funding amounts to more than 44 billion euros. These are good indicators for a state with a population of 65.4 people. And she is in eighth place among the strongest and most powerful armies in the world.
No. 7. South Korea
There are 640 thousand active military personnel, 2.9 million people in reserve, 13,361 land-based military installations, 1,568 air assets, 170 sea-based military installations. This is not surprising, given the characteristics of the neighbors. Financing 27 billion. dollars.
No. 6. Türkiye
There are 660 thousand military personnel, 579 thousand are in reserve, and this is with a total population of 74.7 million people. 69,744 units of ground equipment, 1940 - air, 265 - sea. Financing of more than 25 billion dollars.
No. 5. England
Among the 62.2 million people living in the UK, 220 thousand are serving in the army, 181 thousand are in reserve. The armed forces have 11,630 thousand ground equipment, 1,663 aircraft and 99 defense vessels. Funding equates to $74 billion.
No. 4. India
It is strange to see India in fourth place with a population of 1.2 billion people. 1.325 million people on active duty, 2,142,821 people on reserve. In addition, the country has 2,452 aircraft and 175 ships with a total military funding of $48.9 billion. Fourth place in the Top 10 strongest armies in the world.
No. 3. China
China is famous for its largest army, which has 2.2 million people engaged in military activities and 800 thousand people who are on reservations. Military equipment includes 57,575 ground equipment, 5,176 aircraft and 972 ships. Total funding is more than $106 billion.
No. 2. Russia
Russia is in an honorable second position. The population is 143.1 million people, of which more than 1 million are those who serve in the army and 20 million are reservists. In addition to 91,715 ground defense equipment, the defense forces have 2,747 air defense equipment, as well as 233 ships. Total funding is $74 billion. Although she ranks second in this ranking, she holds the first position among.
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No. 1. United States of America
The leading first place is the most powerful and powerful world army, consisting of 560 thousand active military personnel and 567 thousand reserves with a total population of 311 million people. Ground defense equipment is represented by 56,269 objects, air defense equipment - 18,234 units, of which 450 intercontinental ballistic missiles, as well as 32 satellites, marine equipment includes 2,384 ships. Total budget – 692 billion dollars.
Time moves forward, the world does not stand still. Humanity has long realized that war brings only destruction and death. But this awareness does not give the effect that we would like. The globe is engulfed in wars, and even countries that are not waging war are aware of the existence of many factors that do not allow them to relax. All this leads to the fact that each country is trying to increase its military forces in order to feel secure.
The world community understands that it is impossible to completely abandon weapons, since there are people, for example, terrorists or extremists, who will continue to destroy civilians for their religious reasons. And everyone is wondering what the top strongest armies in the world look like.
To compile such a list, you need to select a number of criteria by which the armies will be evaluated. This:
- maximum conscription of people into the army;
- number of tanks;
- number of aircraft;
- nuclear combat power;
- number of aircraft carriers;
- number of submarines;
- military budget.
It is from these angles that we will consider the armies of the world. The ranking of countries is very interesting and, sometimes, predictable. Let's take a closer look at our winners.
1. USA - winner of the race
This country very predictably took first place. If you ask an ordinary person what the strongest army in the world is, fifty percent will answer that the US military forces, and they will be right.
According to the above characteristics, the USA wins in three. The first of these is the number of aircraft. 13,643 units of aircraft - this is what the US Army can boast of. This country is also the undoubted leader in the number of aircraft carriers, there are 10 of them, while Russia or China have only one each. And the third, probably one of the most important qualities due to which the United States does not lose ground in the arms race, is the budget. The White House invests more than $612 billion into its military each year, and the US Army is proving that it is worth the money.
In addition, the status of the most high-tech and combat-ready army also belongs to this army. The United States has its own all over the world, which allows them to significantly intimidate potential enemies. After all, they can strike in just a couple of hours after receiving an order to do so.
The Pentagon also does not lag behind in modern military developments, which gives ever new, unprecedented types of weapons that have ever greater power and greater range.
All these factors help to understand that the United States is ahead of all other armies in the world. The ranking is deservedly topped by this country, but it is not the only one that deserves attention.
The Six Deadliest Armies in World History
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In an anarchic system like international relations, military force remains the best currency. A state may have magnificent culture, art, philosophy, splendor and glory, but all this is worthless if the country does not have sufficient military strength to defend itself. As Mao Zedong so bluntly put it, “political power comes from the barrel of a gun.”
Of all types of armed forces, the ground forces undoubtedly remain the most important - for the simple reason that people live on earth, and will continue to live so in the foreseeable future. As noted political scientist James Mearsheimer, "ground forces, supported by air force and navy, represent the main branch of the armed forces in the modern world."
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In fact, according to Mearsheimer, the war against Japan in the Pacific was "the only example of a superpower war in modern history in which the ground forces themselves were not the main factor influencing the outcome of the war, but other instruments of power, that is, the air force and the navy, played a role." more than just auxiliary." Despite this, Mearsheimer argues that in this war, too, “ground forces played a very important role in the defeat of Japan.”
Thus, it is the ground forces that serve as an indicator that determines the military strength of the country. But how can we establish which troops were the strongest in their time? Based on their ability to achieve decisive victories time after time and their ability to allow their country to dominate other countries is the function of the ground forces as only the army can ensure such conquest and control. Here are some of the most powerful armies in history.
Roman army
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The Roman army conquered the Western world for several centuries. The advantage of the Roman army was its tenacity, the Romans returned and fought again and again even after severe defeats. The Romans demonstrated this during the Punic Wars when, despite lacking knowledge and resources, they were able to defeat the Carthaginians by first showing greater patience and then taking them by surprise by landing troops near Carthage.
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The Roman army gave soldiers ample incentive to fight with vigor and persistence. For poor soldiers, winning the war meant getting land. For landowners - protection of property and acquisition of additional wealth. For the Roman state as a whole, victory meant security.
All of these incentives encouraged Roman soldiers to fight harder, and morale is an important factor in determining the fighting efficiency of an army. No less important was the use of a battle formation of several lines, which, among other advantages, allowed the Romans to replace the soldiers of the first line with fresh soldiers who entered into battle with already tired enemies. The Roman army, often under the command of brilliant generals, used its mobility to gain an advantage in the offensive, especially against opponents who thought primarily of defense.
As a result, within three hundred years, Rome transformed from a regional Italian power into the master of the Mediterranean Sea and the countries surrounding it. The Roman legions, army units made up of professional soldiers who served for 25 years, were highly trained and well equipped with iron weapons. The legions were stationed in strategically important areas, simultaneously maintaining the integrity of the empire and keeping enemies at the borders. The Roman army, despite some setbacks, was actually unmatched in strength by rivals in its region.
Mongol army
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The Mongols, who numbered approximately a million people when they began their conquests in 1206, were able to conquer most of Eurasia within a hundred years. They defeated armies and countries that often had human resources that were tens or hundreds of times greater than the Mongol ones. The Mongols were an unstoppable force that came out of nowhere and conquered the Middle East, Russia and China.
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The success of the Mongols is due to a variety of strategic and tactical techniques introduced by Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire. The most important factor was the mobility and endurance of the Mongols. For starters, the nomadic lifestyle allowed the Mongols to move huge armies over gigantic distances in a surprisingly short time, since the Mongols could live off their herds and the blood of their horses.
The mobility of the Mongols, indeed, was associated with their reliance mainly on cavalry. Each Mongol mounted warrior had three or four horses to keep them fresh. Cavalry, armed with bows and shooting at a gallop, gave the Mongols a great advantage over infantry armies. The mobility provided by horses, along with strict discipline, gave the Mongols the opportunity to employ new tactics, particularly the hit and run, as well as a primitive form of blitzkrieg.
The Mongols also attached great importance to terror. They deliberately ravaged cities and slaughtered defeated enemies in order to instill terror in future enemies.
Ottoman army
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The Ottoman army, at the peak of its power, conquered the Middle East, the Balkans and North Africa. It was almost always far superior to its Christian and Muslim neighbors. In 1453, she conquered one of the most impregnable cities in the world - Constantinople. For five hundred years, it remained the only player in a region that previously consisted of dozens of states, and until the 19th century it held out against its neighbors. How did the Ottoman army manage to do this?
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The Ottoman army began to actively use cannons and muskets before its opponents, who continued to fight with medieval weapons, did so. This gave a great advantage during the rise of the empire. The cannons took Constantinople and defeated the Persians and Egyptian Mamelukes. One of the main advantages of the Ottoman army was the use of elite infantry units, the Janissaries. Janissaries were trained for military service from childhood, and they were very loyal and combat-ready.
Army of Nazi Germany
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The Wehrmacht, the army of Nazi Germany, shocked Europe and the entire world accustomed to the protracted battles of the First World War, conquering most of Central and Western Europe in a few months. At some point, it seemed that the troops of Nazi Germany were about to conquer the gigantic Soviet Union.
The German army achieved these successes using the new blitzkrieg tactics, which combined the use of new weapons and communications, combining speed, the element of surprise and the concentration of forces with terrifying effectiveness. In particular, armored troops and motorized infantry, supported by short-range aircraft, were able to break through enemy lines and encircle opposing forces. In the early stages of the war, these opposing forces were often so shocked and overwhelmed that they offered minimal resistance.
To carry out a blitzkrieg, well-trained, combat-ready troops were required, and Berlin had them in abundance. As historian Andrew Roberts has noted, "One-on-one, German soldiers and their generals largely outmatched the British, Americans, and Russians in both offensive and defensive positions throughout the Second World War."
Although Nazi ideology and a crazy leader undermined the Wehrmacht's war efforts, Nazi Germany fell due to a lack of resources and soldiers.
Soviet army
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The Soviet Army (until 1946, the Red Army) contributed more than any other army to the victory in World War II. Indeed, the Battle of Stalingrad, at the end of which the entire German Sixth Army surrendered, is almost universally considered the main turning point in the European theater of war.
The Soviet Union's victory in the war and its ability to hold the rest of Europe at risk for four decades after the end of the war was due neither to superior technology (except for nuclear weapons) nor to military genius. Stalin's military leadership proved disastrous, especially early in the war, and in previous years he had purged many capable commanders from the army.
The Red Army was a military monster rather due to its gigantic size, determined by its territory, population and industrial resources. As the famous historian of Nazi Germany Richard Evans explained, “according to the USSR’s own data, the Red Army lost in the war more than 11 million soldiers, 100,000 aircraft, more than 300 thousand artillery pieces, more than 100 thousand tanks and self-propelled artillery units. Other sources estimate personnel losses even higher, up to 26 million people."
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It must be admitted that there were manifestations of military genius during the war, especially when Stalin supported the few capable commanders, as well as the appearance of promising weapons from a technical point of view, for example, the T-34 tank. But they did not play a decisive role in the success of the USSR, since the army continued to make enormous sacrifices during the Battle of Berlin.
With the exception of nuclear weapons, the Cold War-era Soviet army was not much different compared to its opponents. Although NATO had technical superiority during the forty years of struggle, the USSR had quantitative superiority in many categories, especially in the number of soldiers. For this reason, in the event of a conflict in Europe, the United States and NATO planned to use nuclear weapons at an early stage.
US Army
For most of its history, the United States has refrained from maintaining a large army. This is how it was intended: the American Constitution gives Congress the power to provide and maintain a navy, but regarding the army it says that Congress can raise and maintain an army as needed.
Until the end of World War II, the United States followed this model, raising large armies for the duration of the war, but quickly disbanding them after the end of hostilities. However, since the beginning of the twentieth century, the American army has been very effective, especially in wars against states. It was America's entry into World War I and World War II that helped tip the scales in favor of the Allies. The US also destroyed Saddam Hussein's army in Kuwait in 1991 and Iraq in 2003.
The other day, experts from an international analytical group published a ranking of the world’s armies based on the level of military power, Global Firepower (the analytical structure itself is often also called). The level of military power was determined by the classification of the mentioned group. The index of military superiority of some armies over others has recently been published annually and takes into account such indicators of the armed forces of various countries as the ratio of the number of armed forces to the population of the country, the composition of the Air Force, Navy (Navy), the number of tanks, as well as the volume of the defense budget. It is important that the level of military power in this case does not take into account the country’s nuclear potential.
In total, in 133 countries of the world, the armies of each of them are assigned a certain coefficient. Moreover, in this case, the principle of inverse proportionality works: the lower this coefficient, the greater the total power of the armed forces of a particular state is considered.
The top three countries in terms of global power in this ranking are as follows.
At the first place - USA. Stated indicators: coefficient 0.0857, population – 323.9 million people, number of armed forces – 2.36 million, of which 990 thousand are reservists. The number of aviation assets is 13,762 airplanes and helicopters, of which 2,296 are fighters, 947 are attack helicopters. The total number of tanks in the US Army is 5884 units. The number of warships of the US Navy is 415, of which 19 are aircraft carriers and 70 are submarines. The defense budget of the American army, as is known even without the compilers of this rating, cannot be compared with the military budgets of other countries in the world. Its total volume, named in Global Firepower for 2017, amounted to $588 billion. And this is only the “unclassified” part of the Pentagon treasury.
The ranking compilers place in second place Russia with a coefficient of 0.0929. Russian population figures (about 142 million people are indicated) differ from official data in the Russian Federation for the reason that foreign analysts continue to pretend that Crimea is not part of Russia.
Indicators for the RF Armed Forces in Global Firepower: numerical strength – as many as 3.37 million people. They decided to include in this value everyone who is not only in the personnel of the country’s Armed Forces, but also reservists plus civilian personnel. Direct personnel composition is indicated at the level of 798.5 thousand military personnel. Just a few days ago, information was published about the full strength of the RF Armed Forces according to data not from foreign specialists, but directly from the RF Ministry of Defense. The statistics (published by TASS Global Firepower) are actually as follows: 1 million 13 thousand 628 military personnel.
As you can see, the spread with the data of foreign “partners” differs not only in population size, but also in the numerical composition of the Armed Forces themselves.
The statistics in Global Firepower for Russia are as follows: aviation assets - 3794, of which 806 are fighters, 490 attack (attack) helicopters. Number of tanks: 20216. Number of warships in the Navy: 352, including one aircraft-carrying cruiser (Admiral Kuznetsov) and 63 submarines. The military budget of the Russian Defense Ministry in 2017 is estimated at $44.6 billion.
Rounding out the top three is People's Republic of China. The coefficient in this case is 0.0945. The indicated population is 1.373 billion people. The strength of the PLA (People's Liberation Army of China) is 3.7 million, of which 1.45 million are listed as reservists.
The number of military aircraft in China is 2955, of which 1.271 thousand are fighters and 206 attack helicopters. If you believe these statistics, then the Chinese army has caught up and surpassed the US army in terms of the number of fighter aircraft, and surpassed it by almost 50%. This information from Global Firepower contradicts information in Chinese official sources. The Chinese themselves state that the number of fighters of various modifications, including Russian Su-27 and Su-30, is no more than 950 units, of which about 500 are Chengdu J-7. Wikipedia gives almost 1.5 thousand fighters, including in their total number aircraft that are not physically in the PLA Air Force, but for which contracts have been concluded.
The number of tanks in the Chinese People's Liberation Army, according to the compilers of the global rating in question, is 6457. The number of warships is 714. If you believe this value, it turns out that China's combat fleet is almost twice as large as the combat ships of the US Navy. It is clarified that among these 714 warships there is 1 aircraft carrier, 51 frigates, 68 submarines, 35 corvettes, etc. The Chinese defense budget is said to be $161.7 billion. The official defense budget statistics published by Chinese media are as follows: $151.8 billion.
The top five countries in terms of military power include: India(4th place) and France(5th). It is noted that the population of India is approximately 110 million less than the population of China, while the total number of armed forces, including reservists, is stated at 4.2 million people, which is half a million more than in China. The Indian defense budget exceeds Russia's and amounts to approximately $51 billion. For comparison: the military budget of France, with the 5th declared line in military power, amounted to 35 billion US dollars at the end of 2017.
Places from 6th to 10th were distributed as follows: Britain, Japan, Türkiye, Germany and (quite unexpectedly) Egypt. Moreover, in the section “Egyptian Navy” the presence of two aircraft carriers is indicated. We are talking about helicopter carriers that France sold to Cairo after the notorious sanctions against Russia. The presence of these ships, according to the compilers of the rating, allows Egypt, with a military budget of $4 billion and 454 thousand personnel military personnel, to surpass in the rating, for example, Pakistan And South Korea.
The rating compilers put it in 15th position Israel, noting that the country's military budget is one of the most impressive per capita in the world. With a population of 8.1 million and a military force of 168,000, the budget is more than $15.5 billion.
The DPRK was given 23rd place (and why then do the USA, Japan and South Korea flinch?..). And the “coolest” army in Europe – the Ukrainian – has the 30th position. By military power Ukraine assessed so that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are already 14th position higher than the army Syria, 19 lines above the army The Republic of Belarus and 28 above the sun Azerbaijan.
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