COUNTRIES RANKED BY MILITARY STRENGTH

UNITED STATES (NUMBER 1)

Defence budget - $587,800,000,000

5,884 tanks

19 aircraft/helicopter carriers

13,762 aircraft

Total naval strength - 415

Active frontline personnel - 1,400,000

RUSSIA (NUMBER TWO)

Defence budget - $44,600,000,000

20,215 tanks

1 aircraft/helicopter carrier

3,794 aircraft

Total naval strength - 352

Active frontline personnel - 766,055

CHINA (NUMBER THREE)

Defence budget - $161,700,000,000

6,457 tanks

1 aircraft/helicopter carrier

2,955 aircraft

Total naval strength - 714

Active frontline personnel - 2,335,000

INDIA (NUMBER FOUR)

Defence budget - $51,000,000,000

4,426 tanks

3 aircraft/helicopter carriers

2,102 aircraft

Total naval strength - 295

Active frontline personnel - 1,325,000

FRANCE (NUMBER FIVE)

Defence budget - $35,000,000,000

406 tanks

4 aircraft/helicopter carriers

1,305 aircraft

Total naval strength - 118

Active frontline personnel - 205,000

UK (NUMBER SIX)

Defence budget - $45,700,000,000

249 tanks

1 helicopter carrier

856 aircraft

Total naval strength - 76

Active frontline personnel - 150,000

JAPAN (NUMBER SEVEN)

Defence budget - $43,800,000,000

700 tanks

The US still boasts the most powerful military in the world, dwarfing both Russia and China behind them, according to the new global rankings of armed forces around the world.

The US spends almost $600 billion a year on its defence budget and has an 'available manpower' of 145,215,000.

Russia, which came second in the rankings, spends less than $45 billion a year on defense while China forks out $161 billion annually.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4499318/US-boasts-powerful-military-world.html#ixzz4gs3O9WZi
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Where is the naughty and noisy north Korea ?

Jeffboi:
Where is the naughty and noisy north Korea ?

wat do u mean...NK they only surpass us with nuclear capabilities that all...lol

whitebeard:
wat do u mean...NK they only surpass us with nuclear capabilities that all...lol

Na nuclear weapon sure pass now o. Forget all this tanks, personnel etc one nuclear bomb can clear them in one swipe.

Eh,


Military strength on paper doesn't always translate to victory.


The US's fumbling in the middle east and USSR's embarrassing retreat from Afghanistan bears testament to that.

Neozy:

Na nuclear weapon sure pass now o. Forget all this tanks, personnel etc one nuclear bomb can clear them in one swipe.

lol I know nah..nah the big cake now that's why america does not want any other nation to have it

whitebeard:
lol I know nah..nah the big cake now that's why america does not want any other nation to have it

But some countries do....IRAN is a good example.

whitebeard:
wat do u mean...NK they only surpass us with nuclear capabilities that all...lol

And that's why they cannot fvck with them N.Koreans

loshybab:

But some countries do....IRAN is a good example.

and America put a limit on Iran economy, what do they call of again, they put it on Russia and north Korea to.

whitebeard:
and America put a limit on Iran economy, what do they call of again, they put it on Russia and north Korea to.

So u think a presido like Putin and that spoilt boy of NO presido with the United allies of IRAN and co ain't gonna come out of their shell.....Besides,i feel the economic shell isn't gonna affect the use of their weapons if occasion begs for it.All they need do are allies that share their ideology against the west

loshybab:

So u think a presido like Putin and that spoilt boy of NO presido with the United allies of IRAN and co ain't gonna come out of their shell.....Besides,i feel the economic shell isn't gonna affect the use of their weapons if occasion begs for it.All they need do are allies that share their ideology against the west

Philippines and possibly Nigeria don't like the west.

whitebeard:
Philippines and possibly Nigeria don't like the west.

well,u know naija nw,we're divided in almost everything

Some people like GEJ and his allies like the west while PMB nd other allies do not. The aftermath event of the last election in the 2 traveling outside will give u an inkling about my point.

loshybab:

well,u know naija nw,we're divided in almost everything

Some people like GEJ and his allies like the west while PMB nd other allies do not. The aftermath event of the last election in the 2 traveling outside will give u an inkling about my point.

yeah I get u jare.

Eh,


Military strength on paper doesn't always translate to victory.


The US's fumbling in the middle east and USSR's embarrassing retreat from Afghanistan bears testament to that.

you forgot to mention the humiliating defeat suffered by the US in the Vietnam war, and their shameful lost during the Korean war?

Eh,


Military strength on paper doesn't always translate to victory.


The US's fumbling in the middle east and USSR's embarrassing retreat from Afghanistan bears testament to that.

you forgot to mention the humiliating defeat suffered by the US in the Vietnam war, and their shameful lost during the Korean war.

the Israelis should be among the fist five.

Eh,

USSR's embarrassing retreat from Afghanistan bears testament to that.

due to sabotage by uncle Sam.using mujahedeen , Taliban, and even Iran.

Eh,

USSR's embarrassing retreat from Afghanistan bears testament to that.

due to sabotage by uncle Sam.using mujahedeen , Taliban, and even Iran.

Eh,

USSR's embarrassing retreat from Afghanistan bears testament to that.

due to sabotage by uncle Sam.using mujahedeen , Taliban, and even Iran.