So the Salvation Army fails to crack into the top 35 yet again.
In other words, we could cut the defense budget by about $230 billion and still be spending three times as much as the next country on the list. Wouldn’t a mere DOUBLING of the spending be enough?
i am a little surprised that Australia does not have a higher ranking...
How is it that South Korea is ranked lower than Germany? SK outclasses Germany in every category except manpower and budget, and it’s not far off on those. SK’s military is generally equipped with first world technology and the quality of their soldiers is top shelf.
no country is even close to our budget, nor our number of aircraft and aircraft carriers... and we are a close second in nuclear warheads and subs...
You can call some nation “powerful” on paper. But, in actual combat that is different. When was the LAST TIME France WON anything???? India a world military power? They may have a lot of hardware, but when did they use military force for anything? When was the last time India was in ground combat against another nation???? These rankings are paper. They do not prove anything until you see that military in actual combat and PROVE their worth. Look at all the billions we wasted on the Iraq army. Training, time, money, equipment, etc. and when the first battle came, they turned tail and ran home to mama. France is giving their nation away from within to the Muzzies. Same for the UK. Same for Europe as a whole.
They left the surface ships off the list. I guess a country’s navy doesn’t count for anything.
Our advantages in aircraft, carriers and budget are staggering.