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10 Most Powerful Militaries In The World In 2020 by Pantoo: 4:12pm On Dec 15, 2019
10. Germany


Power Index rating: (NATO member) 0.2097
Total population: 80,457,737
Total military personnel: 208,641 (estimated)
Total aircraft strength: 613 (ranked 17th out of 137)
Fighter aircraft: 122 (ranked 20th)
Combat tanks: 900 (ranked 26th)
Total naval assets: 81
Defense budget: $49.1 billion
9. Turkey


Power Index rating: (NATO member) 0.2089
Total population: 81,257,239
Total military personnel: 735,000 (estimated)
Total aircraft strength: 1,067 (ranked 10th out of 137)
Fighter aircraft: 207 (ranked 14th)
Combat tanks: 3,200 (ranked 7th)
Total naval assets: 194
Defense budget: $8.6 billion
8. United Kingdom


Power Index rating: (NATO member) 0.1797
Total population: 65,105,246
Total military personnel: 233,000 (estimated)
Total aircraft strength: 811 (ranked 15th out of 137)
Fighter aircraft: 129 (ranked 19th)
Combat tanks: 331 (ranked 49th)
Total naval assets: 76; one aircraft carrier
Defense budget: $47.5 billion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY7G-D8dHpc 7. South Korea

Power Index rating: 0.1761
Total population: 51,418,097
Total military personnel: 5,827,150 (estimated)
Total aircraft strength: 1,614 (ranked 5th out of 137)
Fighter aircraft: 406 (ranked 6th)
Combat tanks: 2,654 (ranked 9th)
Total naval assets: 166; one aircraft carrier
Defense budget: $38.3 billion
6. Japan


Power Index rating: 0.1707
Total population: 126,128,156
Total military personnel: 303,157 (estimated)
Total aircraft strength: 1,572 (ranked 6th out of 137)
Fighter aircraft: 297 (ranked 8th)
Combat tanks: 1,004 (ranked 25th)
Total naval assets: 131; four aircraft carriers
Defense budget: $47 billion
5. France
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Power Index rating: (NATO member) 0.1584
Total population: 67,364,357
Total military personnel: 388,635 (estimated)
Total aircraft strength: 1,248 (ranked 8th out of 137)
Fighter aircraft: 273 (ranked 10th)
Combat tanks: 406 (ranked 44th)
Total naval assets: 118; four aircraft carriers
Defense budget: $40.5 billion
4. India


Power Index rating: 0.1065
Total population: 1,296,834,042
Total military personnel: 3,462,500 (estimated)
Total aircraft strength: 2,082 (ranked 4th out of 137)
Fighter aircraft: 520 (ranked 4th)
Combat tanks: 4,184 (ranked 6th)
Total naval assets: 295; one aircraft carrier
Defense budget: $55.2 billion
3. China


Power Index rating: 0.0673
Total population: 1,384,688,986
Total military personnel: 2,693,000 (estimated)
Total aircraft strength: 3,187 (ranked 3rd out of 137)
Fighter aircraft: 1,222 (ranked 2nd)
Combat tanks: 13,050 (ranked 2nd)
Total naval assets: 714; one aircraft carrier
Defense budget: $224 billion
2. Russia


Power Index rating: 0.0639
Total population: 142,122,776
Total military personnel: 3,586,128 (estimated)
Total aircraft strength: 4,078 (ranked 2nd out of 137)
Fighter aircraft: 869 (ranked 3rd)
Combat tanks: 21,932 (ranked 1st)
Total naval assets: 352; one aircraft carrier out of service indefinitely
Defense budget: $44 billion
1. United States


Power Index rating: (NATO member) 0.0615
Total population: 329,256,465
Total military personnel: 2,141,900 (estimated)
Total aircraft: 13,398 (ranked 1st out of 137)
Fighter aircraft: 2,362 (ranked 1st)
Combat tanks: 6,287 (ranked 3rd)
Total naval assets: 415; 24 aircraft carriers
Defense budget: $716 billion

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Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In The World In 2020 by Olaolex: 4:16pm On Dec 15, 2019
Where is my dear country with the most gallant and strongest militry in africa?
Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In The World In 2020 by Nobody: 4:17pm On Dec 15, 2019
IPOB army not on the list.
Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In The World In 2020 by soberdrunk(m): 4:18pm On Dec 15, 2019
See country Defence budgets yet we complain of world hunger... angry
Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In The World In 2020 by Pantoo: 4:20pm On Dec 15, 2019
Olaolex:
Where is my dear country with the most gallant and strongest militry in africa?
which country my bro?
Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In The World In 2020 by Olaolex: 4:26pm On Dec 15, 2019
Pantoo:

which country my bro?
Naija of cause
Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In The World In 2020 by Pantoo: 4:40pm On Dec 15, 2019
Olaolex:
Naija of cause
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Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In The World In 2020 by panafrican(m): 1:20am On Dec 16, 2019
Here is what we need in Africa

Total military personnel: 50,000,000 (active)
Total aircraft: 4,500,000
Fighter aircraft: 3,000,000
Combat tanks: 5,000,000
Total naval assets: 4,000,000; 250 000 aircraft carriers
Defense budget: $ 3 trillion

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Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In The World In 2020 by Kabir2Mohammad(m): 11:31am On Dec 16, 2019
Olaolex:
Where is my dear country with the most gallant and strongest militry in africa?

No wonder these countries call us third world people.

A country of 65M people spending about 20trl on defense alone while the almighty giant of Africa is struggling to earmark 10trl for annual recurrent and capital expenditure
Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In The World In 2020 by chriskosherbal(m): 3:25pm On Dec 16, 2019
Olaolex:
Where is my dear country with the most gallant and strongest militry in africa?
I actually came there to check for Nigeria, anyway am not done checking though grin
Re: 10 Most Powerful Militaries In The World In 2020 by Olaolex: 9:51pm On Dec 16, 2019
chriskosherbal:
I actually came there to check for Nigeria, anyway am not done checking though grin
sir, I'm also waiting for the part 2

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