Sunday, 17 August 2014

10. Brazil

Students of Brasilia’s military school attend a ceremony commemorating the Army Day in Brasilia, Brazil in 2011. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
  • Power Index: 0.6912
  • Active Frontline Personnel: 371,199
  • Total Aircraft: 822
  • Tanks: 469
  • Naval Power: 106
  • Budget: $31,576,000,000

9. Italy

Two Italian Army soldiers on patrol with an Italian state police officer at a commuter railway station on the outskirts of Rome in 2008. (AP Photo Pier Paolo Cito)
  • Power Index: 0.6838
  • Active Frontline Personnel: 293,202
  • Total Aircraft: 770
  • Tanks: 720
  • Naval Power: 179
  • Budget: $31,946,000,000

8. South Korea

South Korean special army soldiers demonstrate their martial arts skills during the 64th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at the Gyeryong military headquarters. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
  • Power Index: 0.6547
  • Active Frontline Personnel: 653,000
  • Total Aircraft: 871
  • Tanks: 2,466
  • Naval Power: 190
  • Budget: $28,280,000,000

7. Germany

Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to a German Army soldier who wears heavy explosion protection gear during a visit to the Army Training Centre of the German Armed Forces in Letzlingen. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz)
  • Power Index: 0.6491
  • Active Frontline Personnel: 148,996
  • Total Aircraft: 925
  • Tanks: 408
  • Naval Power: 67
  • Budget: $43,478,000,000

6. France

France’s President Francois Hollande, shakes hands with soldiers as he visits the army stand at the regional fair in Chalon en Champagne last year. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
  • Power Index: 0.6163
  • Active Frontline Personnel: 362,485
  • Total Aircraft: 544
  • Tanks: 571
  • Naval Power: 180
  • Budget: $58,244,000,000

5. United Kingdom

Soldiers from 32 Regiment Royal Artillery. (Ben Birchall/PA Archive)
  • Power Index: 0.5185
  • Active Frontline Personnel: 224,500
  • Total Aircraft: 1,412
  • Tanks: 227
  • Naval Power: 77
  • Budget: $57,875,170,000

4. India

Indian army soldiers of Sikh Light Infantry Regiment march during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India on 26 January 2011. The day marks the anniversary of India’s adoption of a democratic constitution. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
  • Power Index: 0.4346
  • Active Frontline Personnel: 1,325,000
  • Total Aircraft: 1,962
  • Tanks: 3,555
  • Naval Power: 170
  • Budget: $44,282,000,000

3. China

A Chinese soldier is reflected on a window glass as he stands guard during a media oppotunity for the coverage of China’s attack helicopter Z-9WZ at a Chinese Liberation Army base last year. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
  • Power Index: 0.3351
  • Active Frontline Personnel: 2,285,000
  • Total Aircraft: 5,048
  • Tanks: 7,950
  • Naval Power: 972
  • Budget: $129,272,000,000

2. Russia

Wearing Red Army World War II-era uniforms, Russian troops march in the annual Victory Day parade at Moscow’s Red Square, Friday, 9 May 2008. (AP Photo)
  • Power Index: 0.2618
  • Active Frontline Personnel: 1,200,000
  • Total Aircraft: 4,498
  • Tanks: 2,867
  • Naval Power: 224
  • Budget: $64,000,000,000
1. USA
A US Army soldier holds keys of Saddam Hussein’s Al-Faw palace at the Camp Victory Complex in November 2011. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
  • Power Index: 0.2475
  • Active Frontline Personnel: 1,477,896
  • Total Aircraft: 15,293
  • Tanks: 8,325
  • Naval Power: 290
  • Budget: $689,591,000,000

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