Hello, Warriors! With increasing political tensions like South-China sea, Kashmir Issue, etc between countries, increasing military might is becoming the face of a nation in today’s world. While a country mainly uses its army if talks fail for resolving such issues, a larger army generally means a greater threat to the enemy.
A research done by Business Insider based on the Global Firepower Index among 106 nations and over 50 factors, ranks countries depending on the quantity of ordnance posed by them. Quality of equipment, training and professionalism of it’s soldiers, however, hasn’t been taken into account.
The factors include military budget, available manpower, and the amount of equipment each country has in its respective arsenal, as well as access to natural resources.
Here is the list of the top 5 most powerful militaries based on the Global Firepower Index:
- UNITED KINGDOM: With it’s increasing military since WWII, British military is the 5th most powerful military in the world today. UK has an annual military budget of $53.6 billion. It’s ordnance possession is as follows
| Active Personnel | 2,05,330 |
| Tanks | 407 |
| Aircrafts | 908 |
| Nuclear Warheads | 225 |
| Aircraft Carriers | 1 |
| Submarines | 11 |
- INDIA: The Indian Military is ranked 4th in the chart with a military budget of $46 billion and increasing. It’s neighbour Pakistan, however, is ranked far below as compared to India at 15th. India posses
| Active Personnel | 13,25,000 |
| Tanks | 3,569 |
| Aircrafts | 1,785 |
| Nuclear Warheads | 80 to 100 |
| Aircraft Carriers | 2 |
| Submarines | 17 |
- CHINA: Another of India’s neighbour in the list is China. India and China had fought a war in 1962 and since then, both the militaries are growing rapidly. With the highest number of military personnel and a budget of $126 billion, China’s military include
| Active Personnel | 22,85,000 |
| Tanks | 9,150 |
| Aircrafts | 2,788 |
| Nuclear Warheads | 250 |
| Aircraft Carriers | 1 |
| Submarines | 69 |
- RUSSIA: Russia has the highest number of tanks and nuclear warheads in the whole world. Russia’s military might with a budget of $76.6 billion is
| Active Personnel | 7,66,000 |
| Tanks | 15,000 |
| Aircrafts | 3,082 |
| Nuclear Warheads | 8,484 |
| Aircraft Carriers | 1 |
| Submarines | 63 |
- UNITED STATES: Without a single doubt, the US military tops the most powerful military chart here too. Apart from having the largest number of aircrafts and aircraft carriers, the US is the top spender on defence with an annual budget of $612.5 billion. The US military consists of
| Active Personnel | 14,30,000 |
| Tanks | 8,325 |
| Aircrafts | 13,683 |
| Nuclear Warheads | 7,506 |
| Aircraft Carriers | 10 |
| Submarines | 72 |
