World's Top 10 Military *Currently*
 

I know this might be a bunch of opinions but, who do you think the top 10 world's most strongest military is?
I've only heard that US is #1 but unsure of others. Any ideas?

pretty gay topic but id think china, not america

China has numbers but not skilled or good equipment.

dont underestimate them

Military
The Korean People's Army encompasses the army, navy and air force and has 1.08 million active personnel and 4.7 million in reserves.

Military expenditures account for 31.3 percent of GDP expenditures, making North Korea --- dollar for dollar --- the world's most militaristic state.

Nearly one out of every four citizens serves in some military capacity.

North Korea is said to have an extensive chemical weapons program. A report by the Federation of American Scientists says that North Korea has chemical stockpiles of at least 180-250 tons of reserve-weaponized agents.

North Korea also reportedly has a biological weapons program based at the National Defense Research Institute and Medical Academy. This program is not as extensive as the chemical weapons program.

from cnn.com
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiap ... index.html

It's hard not to take the Chinese lightly. The best their armored units have done is to crush unarmed Chinese citizens. Their fighter pilots can't stay out of a big-ass 4 turbo-prop engine EWAC planes way. Exactly who have the Chinese ever beaten. Remember Iraq was supposed to have the #4 military because the CIA said so. I'd be more worried about the Indians.

When fighting any conventional war these days, ground power means little in comparisions to air power. With air power, you pretty much control the battlefield.

Most Militaristic (Expidentures):
1. Israel - $1466.51 per person = $276.7 billion (FY99 est.)
2.Singapore - $969.92 per person = $4.47 billion (FY01 est.)
3. United States - $953.01 per person = $8.97 billion (FY02)

Most Militaristic (Man Power):
1. China - 375,520,255 (2003 est.)
2. India - 288,251,975 (2003 est.)
3. United States - 73,597,731 (2003 est.)

Most Militaristic (Growth):
... A lot of third-world countries. oOo:

Most tanks:
1.Russia - 21,000 tanks
2.United States - 16,000 tanks
3.China - 11,000 tanks
4.Poland - 3,200 tanks
5.Germany - 2,300 tanks

Not in any certain order, just my random list of good militaries in the present time.

NATO

Israel

China

South Korea

anzac

thats bull. dont under estimate them. just because they havent been very prominant in any wars doesnt mean they are with poor equipment or mentality

I know for a fact that about 10 years or so ago, Sweden could take on any airforce in the world and make it big against them. But now, they are cutting down so dramatically on the military side, that by the year 2007, Sweden will only have around 27 000 troops, compared to the 250 000 or so we have today. All because of the EU. annoy:

my opinion.

1) USA
2) Russia
3) China
4) N. Korea
5) Israel
6) S. Korea
7) Great Britain
8) France
9) Canada
10) India

Note that these are based on lots of factors such as number of tanks, number of men in military, and the economy, because in a time of war, a country needs a strong economy to hold itself together(which is why Russia is second). Oh and shorthand, I completely disagree. Airpower is important, just as naval power is, but the deciding factor will always be ground troops. Of course air superiority is a tremendous advantage, however, there are lots of other factors involved.

France should not be on that list. annoy:

With me in the military, the U.S. will be so awesome you will not even want to look at us.

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