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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