MILITARY MIGHT OF COUNTRIES

MILITARY MIGHT OF COUNTRIES

(Taken from news paper Times of India)

Largest active armed forces: ( Source: international Institute of Strategic Studies).

China ------------------------ 2.2 million troops.

India ------------------------ 1.4

U S -------------------------   1.3

North Korea -------------   1.2

Russia --------------------    0.8

Pakistan ------------------   0.7

South Korea -------------   0.6

Iran ------------------------   0.5

NAVAL POWER: (Source: International Institute of Strategic Studies).

Size of principal naval vessel fleets

 Country    Cruisers,

                   frigates,

                  destroyers  Submarines*     Amphibious Ships

U S                 93                    54                      31

China            78                     52                        4

Russia           32                     49                         -

India              28                     14                        1

France           23                       6                        3

Britain           19                       7                        6

*Attack/guided missile submarines.

AIR POWER: (Source: Flight Global and Teal Group).

Air Force Fighter Aircraft by Generation

Country   2^nd generation           3^rd      4^t      5^th

U S                                            431    795    193

Russia                                       275    855         1

China                                        484    509

India         245                         214     311

France                                                  259

Japan                                                    217

Britain                                     59           87

Includes only active and non-training aircraft.

GENERAL:

U S President Trump has proposed a $54 billion increase in defense spending, which he said “one of the largest increase … in American history”. Here is how big the world’s mightiest military is and what the new commander-in-chief wants to make of it.

United States spends more than any other country on defense because it

It defends its border.

Upholds international order.

Promotes US interests abroad.

Is geared to fight on multiple fronts.

HOW THE UNITED STATES MILITARY STACKS UP

3476 Tactical aircrafts; 637 unmanned aerial vehicles; 157 bombers, 93 cruisers, destroyers, and frigates; 31 amphibious ships; 10 aircraft carriers; 68 submarines; 450 ICBM launchers; 2831 tanks; and 760 attack helicopters.

MILITARY SPENDING BY COUNTRIES: (Source: Stockholm international Peace Research Institute 2015).

United States ------$596 billion;       China -----$ 215 billion;     Saudi Arabia -----$ 87 billion;                                                      Russia -----                   66                    Britain -----   55                   France ------------    51

India -------                   51                    Japan ------   41