Top 10 Most Powerful Army in the World

The Below table gives us an overview of the strengths and fire power of the top 10 military powers of the world. The chart is just to view numbers, and rankings take into consideration many aspects such as intelligence, actual combat experience, training, skill, back-up, movement of troops and weapons, etc. Also as mentioned earlier, numbers will not be absolutely accurate, as they keep changing regularly according to specific needs and situations. An interesting fact is that, out of all the countries in the world, Israel has a reserve army that can be mobilized into actual combat more quickly than anyone else. Just numbers are not enough, and this is something that can be citied in a good example in the table regarding the USA and China. Though China has an army nearly twice the size of the USA, the strike power of the USA is double that of China. This is due to many other factors as we have mentioned, like training, skill, modernized equipment, strategy, intelligence, etc. Though, it can be safely said that these are the 10 top militaries in the world as we speak.

There are also many other things that need to be taken into consideration regarding the top ten. For example, the United States indulges in combat mainly in other countries, and for the purpose of quashing terrorism, rouge armies, and peacekeeping ventures. Some countries are engaged in continuous small skirmishes with their neighbors, and are active in protecting their own borders. Nuclear weapons are also a key factor, something that has never been used since the bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. God forbid, even if a war breaks out in which multiple countries are involved, it is very unlikely that they will be used, and the war(s) will be fought in the conventional ways itself. Another aspect is type of weaponry, the advanced military weapons that a state possesses.

RANK	COUNTRY	DEFENSE  BUDGET (USD)	MILITARY PERSONNEL	AIR FORCE PLANES	NAVY SHIPS
I	USA	$515 Billion	1,385,000	22,700	1,600
II	China	$59 Billion	2,255,000	2,400	760
III	Russia	$43 Billion	1,245,000	6,500	525
IV	India	$33 Billion	1,325,000	1,250	145
V	UK	$53 Billion	195,000	2,670	140
VI	France	$62 Billion	225,000	1,900	135
VII	Germany	$46 Billion	250,000	1,100	130
VIII	Brazil	$24 Billion	287,000	1,650	90
IX	Japan	$44 Billion	378,000	2,700	150
X	Turkey	$31 Billion	514,000	1,530	180