Firepower: The strongest armies in the world according to Global Firepower. Firepower: the strongest armies in the world according to Global Firepower Ranking of countries by military power
Russian army entered the top three of the strongest in the world, in the Credit Suisse rating, the military of the Russian Federation is evaluated together with the armies of China and the United States. What is the real alignment of forces among states ready for military conflicts?medialeaks publishes a list of the 20 most strong armies 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 own comments.
When compiling the rating, such parameters as the budget, the size of the army, the 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 affected the position in the list to a lesser extent, and the real combat capability of a particular army was practically not assessed.
Thus, the assessment of the position of some countries may raise questions. Let's say the Israeli army concedes two positions to Egypt, mainly because of the number of employees 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 none of the countries was included in the list. Latin America. For example, despite the size of the population and economy, military doctrine Brazil does not involve serious external or internal threats, so the cost of the army in this country is only about 1% of GDP.
It is also somewhat strange that Iran with its half a million soldiers, one and a half thousand tanks and 300 combat aircraft was not included in the list.
20. Canada
Budget: $15.7 billion
population active army: 22 thousand
Tanks: 181
Aviation: 420
Subs: 4
The Canadian Army closes the list: it does not have such a large number and not so many military equipment. Be that as it may, the Canadian military is actively involved in all US operations. In addition, Canada is a member of the F-35 program.
19. Indonesia
Budget: $6.9 billion
Active army strength: 476,000
Tanks: 468
Aviation: 405
Subs: 2
Indonesia was on the list due to the large number of military personnel and the noticeable size of the tank group, but for an island country it lacks naval forces: in particular, there are no aircraft carriers, and only two diesel submarines are in service.
18. Germany
Budget: $40.2 billion
The number of active army: 179 thousand people
Tanks: 408
Aviation: 663
Subs: 4
After the Second World War, 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 the unification, the country's authorities abandoned the confrontation doctrine and sharply reduced investments in defense. Apparently, therefore, in the Credit Suisse rating, the German Armed Forces were even behind Poland. At the same time, Berlin is actively sponsoring the eastern allies in NATO.
17. Poland
Budget: $9.4 billion
Active Army: 120,000
Tanks: 1,009
Aviation: 467
Subs: 5
Poland was ahead of its western neighbor in military power due to a larger number of tanks and submarines, although the Polish Army has been losing in most military conflicts for the past 300 years. Be that as it may, Warsaw increased spending on the army after the annexation of Crimea to Russia and the outbreak of conflict in eastern Ukraine.
16. Thailand
Budget: $5.4 billion
Active army strength: 306,000
Tanks: 722
Aviation: 573
Subs: 0
The Thai army has been keeping the situation inside the country under control since May 2014, the armed forces are the main guarantee of political stability. It employs a significant number of people, there are a large number of modern tanks and aircraft.
15. Australia
Budget: $26.1 billion
Active Army: 58,000
Tanks: 59
Aviation: 408
Subs: 6
Members of the Australian Armed Forces are consistently involved in all NATO operations. In accordance with national doctrine, Australia should be able to stand alone against an invasion from outside. The defense forces are formed on a professional basis, the army is well equipped technically, there are modern fleet and a large number of combat helicopters.
14. Israel
Budget: $17 billion
Active Army: 160,000
Tanks: 4,170
Aviation: 684
Subs: 5
Israel is the most underrated member of the rating. 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 superior in number. In addition to a huge amount of the latest offensive and defensive weapons of its own design, Credit Suisse's analysis does not take into account the fact that there are several hundred thousand reservists in the country with combat experience and high motivation. Business card IDF - female military personnel who have proven that the weaker sex with a machine gun is no less effective than the strong one. Not to mention the fact that, according to unverified data, Israel has about 80 nuclear warheads in service.
13. Taiwan
Budget: $10.7 billion
Active army strength: 290,000
Tanks: 2005
Aviation: 804
Subs: 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 armed forces of the island will hardly be able to withstand the Chinese army, two thousand modern tanks and 800 aircraft and helicopters make it a serious force.
12. Egypt
Budget: $4.4 billion
Active army strength: 468,000
Tanks: 4,624
Aviation: 1,107
Subs: 4
The army of Egypt was in the ranking due to the number and amount of equipment, although as the war showed doomsday, 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-type 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
The number of active army: 617 thousand people
Tanks: 2,924
Aviation: 914
Subs: 8
Pakistan's army is one of the largest in the world, it has a lot of tanks and aircraft, the US supports Islamabad with equipment. The main threat is internal, in remote areas of the country ruled by local leaders and the Taliban. In addition, Pakistan has not reached an agreement on the 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 conducting an arms race. Pakistan has ballistic missiles medium range and about a hundred nuclear warheads
10. Turkey
Budget: $18.2 billion
Active Army: 410,000
Tanks: 3,778
Aviation: 1,020
Subs: 13
Turkey claims to be a regional leader, therefore it is constantly building up and updating its armed forces. Great amount tanks, aviation and a large modern fleet (though without aircraft carriers) allows the Turkish army to be considered the strongest among the Muslim countries of the Middle East.
9. UK
Budget: $60.5 billion
Active Army: 147,000
Tanks: 407
Aviation: 936
Subs: 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
Active Army: 320,000
Tanks: 586
Aviation: 760
Subs: 6
7. South Korea
Budget: $62.3 billion
The number of active army: 624 thousand people
Tanks: 2,381
Aviation: 1,412
Subs: 13
South Korea retains a large military force, although quantitative indicators in everything except aviation, it continues to lose to its main potential adversary - the DPRK. The difference, of course, is in the technological level. Seoul has its latest and Western developments, Pyongyang has Soviet technology 50 years ago.
6. France
Budget: $62.3 billion
The number of active army: 202 thousand people
Tanks: 423
Aviation: 1,264
Subs: 10
The French army is still the main military force in Africa and continues to actively intervene in local conflicts. Recently, a shock was put into operation nuclear aircraft carrier"Charles de Gaulle". Currently, France has approximately 300 strategic nuclear warheads, which are deployed on nuclear submarines. There are also 60 tactical warheads.
5. India
Budget: $41.6 billion
Active Army: 247,000
Tanks: 678
Aviation: 1,613
Subs: 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 high level equipment of the Japanese aircraft. In addition, they include 4 helicopter carriers, 9 destroyers. At the same time, Japan does not have nuclear weapons, and this, together with a small number of tanks, makes one think that the position of this army is greatly overestimated.
3. China
Budget: $216 billion
Active Army: 2.33 million
Tanks: 9,150
Aviation: 2,860
Subs: 67
The second economy in the world has the largest active army, however, in terms of the number of tanks, aircraft and helicopters, it is still noticeably inferior not only to the United States, but also to Russia. But the defense budget exceeds the Russian one by 2.5 times. As far as we know, China keeps several hundred nuclear warheads on combat duty. 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
Active Army: 1 million
Tanks: 15,398
Aviation: 3,429
Subs: 55
Syria has demonstrated once again that Russia rightly continues to hold a solid 2nd place among the strongest, according to Business Insider. The RF Armed Forces are inferior to China only in the number of submarines. And if the rumors about China's secret nuclear stockpile are not true, far ahead of it in this area. It is believed that Russia's strategic nuclear forces have about 350 carriers and about 2,000 nuclear warheads. The number of tactical nuclear charges is unknown and may be several thousand.
1. USA
Budget: $601 billion
Active Army: 1.4 million
Tanks: 8,848
Aviation: 13,892
Subs: 72
The US military budget is comparable to the previous 19th. The Navy includes 10 aircraft carriers. It is characteristic that, unlike Moscow, which made back in Soviet times betting on tanks, Washington is developing combat aviation. Besides, American authorities despite the end 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 areas such as robotics and prosthetics.
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Military and economic experts regularly determine the global index of military power - the Global Firepower Index. This is one of the most objective ratings, it takes into account more than 50 different indicators. This year, experts analyzed the armed forces of 127 states.
When compiling the Global Firepower (GFP) Index, not only is a rigorous calculation of tanks, aircraft and warships carried out, but also the number of personnel of the army and its reserve, the level of financing of the military sphere, the country's transport infrastructure, oil production, the size of public debt and even the length of the coastal lines - in a word, all the factors that can affect the combat effectiveness of the national army.
The presence of a nuclear arsenal is not taken into account, but the states that possess nuclear weapons receive a "bonus". The top three - the United States, Russia and China - has remained unchanged for three years. This is what the ranking of the most powerful armies in the world looked like in 2015.
America for a long time ahead of everyone at times in military spending. In second place in terms of the military budget, also already long years, China. On the third - Russia. Chinese army the most numerous in the world. Russia is the first in the world in terms of the number of tanks.
1. USA
Photo site army.mil.
Defense budget - $587.8 billion (nearly $588 billion)
5,884 tanks
19 aircraft carriers
13762 aircraft
Total number Navy ships - 415
Army size - 1,400,000
2. Russia
Defense budget — $44.6 billion
20,215 tanks
1 aircraft carrier
3,794 aircraft
Army size - 766,055
3. China
Defense budget - $161.7 billion
6,457 tanks
1 aircraft carrier
2,955 aircraft
Army strength - 2,335,000
4. India
Defense budget - $51 billion
4,426 tanks
3 aircraft carriers
2,102 aircraft
Army strength - 1,325,000
5. France
A photo: page French Armed Forces on Facebook.
Defense budget — $35 billion
406 tanks
4 aircraft carriers
1,305 aircraft
Army strength - 205,000
6. UK
Prince Harry during military service. Instagram photo Marine Corps of the Royal Navy.
Defense budget — $45.7 billion
249 tanks
1 helicopter carrier
856 aircraft
Army size - 150,000
7. Japan
Defense budget - $43.8 billion
700 tanks
4 helicopter carriers
1,594 aircraft
Army size - 250,000
8. Turkey
Defense budget — $8.2 billion
2445 tanks
Aircraft carriers - 0
1,018 aircraft
Army size - 410,500
9. Germany
Defense budget — $39.2 billion
543 tanks
Aircraft carriers - 0
698 aircraft
Army size - 180,000
10 Italy
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Defense budget — $34 billion
200 tanks
Aircraft carriers - 2
822 aircraft
Army size - 320,000
11. South Korea
Defense budget — $43.8 billion
2,654 tanks
1 aircraft carrier
1,477 aircraft
Army strength - 625,000
It is worth noting that the most important criterion for evaluating the army is fighting. And this parameter is not taken into account by the Global Firepower Index. Russia and the United States also have a clear advantage here, for example, over China. Russia was at war with Georgia and, how should I put it, probably with Ukraine. Plus spends military operation in Syria. And the United States fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, and is also involved in operations in Syria.
The other day, experts from an international analytical group published a rating of the armies of the world in terms of military the power of Global Firepower (often also called the analytical structure itself). The level of military power was determined by the classification of the mentioned group. The index of military superiority of some armies over others is published in recent times annually and takes into account such indicators armed forces various countries as the ratio of the strength of the Armed Forces to the population of the country, the composition of the Air Force, the 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 possession of nuclear potential.
In total, in 133 countries of the world, the army of each of which has been assigned a certain coefficient. Moreover, in this case, the principle of inverse proportionality works: the lower this coefficient is, the greater the total power of the armed forces of a state is considered.
The top three countries in terms of global power in this ranking are as follows.
At the first place - USA. The declared indicators are: the coefficient is 0.0857, the population is 323.9 million people, the number of armed forces is 2.36 million, of which 990 thousand are reservists. The number of aviation assets - 13762 aircraft and helicopters, of which 2296 are fighters, 947 - 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, 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 of 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's treasury.
In second place, the compilers of the rating 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 Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Global Firepower: strength - as much as 3.37 million people. It was decided to include in this value everyone who is not only in the personnel of the Armed Forces of the country, but also reservists plus civilian personnel. The direct personnel composition is indicated at the level of 798.5 thousand military personnel. Just a few days ago, information was published on the full strength of the RF Armed Forces according to data not from foreign experts, 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 can be seen, the scatter with the data of foreign "partners" differ not only in terms of population, but also in terms of the strength of the Armed Forces directly.
The statistics in Global Firepower for Russia are as follows: aviation means - 3794, of which 806 are fighters, 490 are attack (attacking) helicopters. Number of tanks: 20216. Number of warships in the Navy: 352, including one aircraft carrier cruiser("Admiral Kuznetsov") and 63 submarines. The military budget of the Russian Defense Ministry in 2017 is estimated at $44.6 billion.
Closes the top three Chinese People's Republic
. The coefficient in this case is 0.0945. The indicated population is 1.373 billion people. The number of PLA (People's Liberation Army of China) is 3.7 million, of which 1.45 million are listed as reservists.
The number of military aviation assets in China is 2955, of which 1,271 thousand fighters and 206 attack helicopters. According to these statistics, the Chinese army has caught up and surpassed the US army in terms of the number of means fighter aviation, and surpassed by almost 50%. This information from Global Firepower conflicts with information in Chinese official sources. The Chinese themselves say that the number of fighters of various modifications, including the Russian Su-27 and Su-30, is no more than 950 units, of which about 500 are Chengdu J-7. Wikipedia gives almost 1,500 fighters altogether, including in their total number aircraft that are not physically in the PLA Air Force, but contracts for which have been concluded.
The number of tanks in the Chinese People's Liberation Army, according to the compilers of the global rating under consideration, 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 US Navy's combat ship structure. It is specified 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. official statistics on the defense budget, published by the Chinese media, is as follows: 151.8 billion dollars.
In the top five in terms of military power, such countries of the world as India(4th place) and France(5th). It is noted that the population of India is about 110 million less than the population of China, while the total number of armed forces, including reservists, is declared at the level of 4.2 million people, which is half a million more than in China. The Indian defense budget exceeds the Russian one and is about $51 billion. For comparison: the military budget of France with the 5th announced line in terms of military power amounted to 35 billion US dollars in 2017.
Places from 6th to 10th were distributed as follows: Britain, Japan, Turkey, Germany and (rather surprisingly) Egypt. At the same time, in the section "Egyptian military navy» indicates the presence of two aircraft carriers. We are talking about helicopter carriers that France sold to Cairo after the well-known 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 military personnel to bypass in the rating, for example, Pakistan and South Korea .
On the 15th position, the compilers of the rating put Israel, noting that the military budget of this country 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 over $15.5 billion.
The DPRK was given the 23rd place (and why, then, are the USA, Japan and South Korea shuddering? ..). And the most "cool" army in Europe - Ukrainian - 30th position. By military power Ukraine estimated so that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are already on the 14th position above the army Syria, 19 lines above the army The Republic of Belarus and 28 above the sun Azerbaijan.
Global Firepower has released the next annual rating report on the armies of the world.
The rating is formed according to more than 50 parameters and is released every year, taking into account more than 2/3 of the countries of the world.
The first three are already long time does not change - the United States is in first place, Russia is in second place, China is in third place.
Among the declared parameters of the rating:
1. Nuclear weapon not taken into account (only conventional weapons), but countries with them receive a certain bonus to the rating.
2. The ranking does not depend entirely on the number of weapons, but rather focuses on the variety of weapons and their quality.
3. Geographic parameters, infrastructure and Natural resources affect the overall position of the country in the ranking.
4. The number of population and available labor force plays an important role in the final assessment. Who more people, which usually ranks high.
5. Landlocked countries do not receive a penalty for not having a fleet. Countries with little diversity naval armaments receive a fine.
6. NATO countries have a bonus due to the cumulative use of resources.
7. The current military-political leadership of any of the countries is not taken into account.
8. Figures are taken from open sources at the end of 2016.
Russia parameters according to the report:
Demographic and mobilization potential.
air force
Tanks, AFVs, artillery, MLRS
Navy
Oil, infrastructure.
Finance, geography.
For comparison.
Air Force.
Tanks, AFVs, artillery, MLRS.
Navy
Oil, transport infrastructure.
Finance, geography.
China.
Demography, mobilization potential.
air force
Tanks, AFVs, artillery, MLRS.
Navy.
Oil, transport infrastructure
Finance, geography.
It also seemed noteworthy that Turkey and Egypt were placed above Israel. If the comparison with Turkey is a moot point, then the superiority of Egypt looks very doubtful.
You can also note that they do not consider China the second aircraft carrier, since it was still being completed at the end of 2016, and Britain counted as many as 2, while in fact there is only 1, and even that one is in a state of completion, and "Illustrious" already sent for scrap.
The strength of the armed forces.
Tanks.
BBM.
Barrel artillery.
Combat aircraft.
Submarines.
The number of military ships. North Korea is a great maritime power.
Merchant navy. Panama, as usual, is out of competition.
Oil production, including proven reserves.
PS. The strongest army in Europe in this ranking is located in 30th place between Sweden and Myanmar, even though it is a wartime army, while the vast majority of armies standing higher are peacetime armies. The rating was compiled by Kremlin agents in order to slander Nenko and her defense efforts.
In order to prepare a rating of the most powerful armies on the planet, I had to work hard, study the armies of more than 65 countries of the world, not taking into account their participation in special operations and based on statistical analysis, including the number of military personnel, the budget for military needs, aviation, military reserve personnel and nuclear capability. The countries that will be discussed highly value precisely these aspects, since they reflect the true power. So the rating the best and most powerful armies in the world in 2016-2017.
10. Brazil
The Brazilian army includes air, land and naval forces. It is considered the strongest in the world because it has 53,350,703 men and 53,433,919 women, but if we talk about spending, then according to the latest data, the defense budget is 31.5 billion dollars, military spending is 1.4% of the country's GDP (data for 2013), in stock - 318,480 people, but the country does not have nuclear forces. That is why the country takes only 10th place in the ranking.
9. Italy
The Italian army consists of air, land and sea forces. The defense budget totals 20.670 billion euros, 41.867 reserve military personnel, military spending - 1.27% of GDP (data for 2014), 293.202 - personnel. Nevertheless, the army has proven its strength by taking part in EU, UN, NATO, CIS operations, as well as in peacekeeping operations in the Middle East. The country's arsenal includes 768 aircraft and 179 ships.
8. South Korea
The army was formed on August 15, 1948 and is known worldwide as the ROK. It includes air, land and sea forces. The Korean Armed Forces have played an important role in several peacekeeping operations in the country. The defense budget is 28,280,000,000 dollars, personnel - 630,000 and military personnel in reserve - 2,970,000 people (data for 2014), military spending - 2.38% of GDP. These data place the country in eighth place in the ranking.
7. Germany
A well-equipped German army was formed in 1955. It has 60,857 military personnel. The German armed forces (Bundeswehr) include air force(Luftwaffe) and naval forces (Navy). The power index is 0.6547 and the defense budget is $28,280,000,000. The German armed forces are quite powerful, with 653,000 personnel, 871 aircraft and 191 ships in the arsenal. Thus, the German armed forces successfully settled down in seventh place in the ranking. Seventh on the list the best armies in the world.
6. France
The army is the air force, the navy, the national gendarme of France, 215,019 military personnel (data for 2014) and, according to estimates for 2013, spending on the army amounted to 2.2% of the country's GDP. The government allocates
a large amount of funds for the army, the defense budget is 58,244,000,000 dollars, there are 544 aircraft in the arsenal and other modern technology, 180 sea vessels.
5. UK
Speaking of the British army, they distinguish naval forces, air forces, ground forces and troops special purpose. The British armed forces are considered one of the most powerful in the world, which is why they are in fifth place in the ranking. The British Army plays an important role in peacekeeping operations and in providing humanitarian support. The personnel consists of 156,940 people and 75,110 military personnel in reserve. If we talk about military spending, then in 2015 they amounted to 45 billion pounds.
4. India
The army was formed on April 1, 1895, has 1,129,900 personnel, 960,000 reserve troops. India gained nuclear capability in 1998 after conducting successful nuclear tests, holding back Pakistan. The armed forces of India are considered one of the strongest in the world, including due to the large defense budget, which is 44,282,000,000 dollars, 1,962 aircraft and 170 ships. Fourth the strongest and best army peace for 2016-2017.
3. China
China's defense budget in 2014 was 808.23 billion yuan ($131.57 billion), up 12.2% from 2013. The Chinese army is one of the most important armies in the world with 2,285,000 soldiers. The arsenal includes 5,048 aircraft and 972 ships. If reports are to be believed, China's nuclear capability is over 246 nuclear bombs and other equipment. Thus, China occupies the third place in the ranking.
2. Russia
Russian army - air forces, naval forces, ground forces, air defense and missile defense, space troops, airborne troops. The Russian army is considered one of the most powerful. The defense budget is 64,000,000,000 dollars, personnel - 1,200,000 military personnel, 224 naval vessels. Russian troops play an important role in conducting peacekeeping operations and countering terrorism. Although they are second on this list, they are.
1. USA
The US Army is the best and most powerful army in the world, includes ground forces and , air forces, navy, marines and coast guard. Personnel 2,161,727 men and 2,055,685 women, military budget is 554.2 billion dollars + 88.5 billion dollars, in the arsenal 15,293 aircraft and 290 naval vessels. American army proved itself in numerous operations, including in the Middle East - in Iraq and Syria, holding back anti-government groups.
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