Foreign media said that according to a newly released Global Armed Forces ranking, the United States still has the most powerful military power in the world, far ahead of Russia and China.
According to the report of the British Daily Mail website on May 12, according to the statistics of the military data analysis website-“Global Fire” network, the annual defense budget of the United States is close to 600 billion dollars, the number of “mobilizable people” reached 0.145 billion. In addition, the United States will increase defense spending under the leadership of President Donald Trump. He once proposed to increase defense spending by 54 billion dollars.
Russia, which ranks second in military power, has an annual defense budget of less than 45 billion dollars, while China, which ranks third, has a figure of 161 billion dollars.
The list released this time evaluates 106 countries based on more than 50 factors, including the military budget, manpower and equipment quantity of each country.
The United States not only has a huge defense budget, but also has 19 aircraft carriers (including helicopter carriers), 5884 tanks, 13762 planes, 415 warships, and 1.4 million active frontline military personnel.
Russia has only one aircraft carrier (namely the aircraft carrier “Marshal Kuznetsov Navy” built during the Soviet Union), but it has more than 20000 tanks, 3794 planes, 352 warships and 766000 active frontline military personnel. According to Russian state media, it also hopes to build “the world’s largest aircraft carrier” to compete with the United States.
China has one active aircraft carrier (that is, Liaoning ship transformed by warships in Soviet period), 6457 tanks, 2955 planes, 714 warships and 2.335 million active frontline military personnel. China has been developing the first domestic aircraft carrier since 2013. It is expected that the aircraft carrier will be in service before 2020. Before that, it still needs to conduct a sea test and wait for the carrier-based aircraft to be in place.
Britain has the sixth largest military force in the world, with 30 million people to mobilize, 150000 active frontline military personnel, 1 helicopter aircraft carrier, 249 tanks, 856 planes and 76 warships. Statistics show that the annual defense expenditure of Britain is 45 billion dollars.
Foreign media said that according to a newly released Global Armed Forces ranking, the United States still has the most powerful military power in the world, far ahead of Russia and China. According to a report on the website of the British Daily Mail on May 12, according to the military data analysis website-