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.
RE: When was the LAST TIME France WON anything????
Well, they drove the jihadists out of Malta recently...
Same could be said I suppose by the 13,000 planes we have on paper.