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Rating of the strongest: in which positions the Russian army bypassed the United States and China

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The strongest armies of the world in 2021 have been named.

Global Firepower publishes the results of its annual study of the military power of 140 countries around the world. In its rating, it relies on 50 factors. Among them are not only the number of troops and military equipment, but also the financial condition, technological development and geographical location of the state.

The first places were traditionally shared by the USA, Russia and China.

The constant leader of the rating is the United States. There are 1.4 million soldiers in their army, it is the third largest in the world. The ground forces have 6,100 tanks - according to this indicator, they are in sixth place. The country's Air Force is the leader in the number of aircraft - a total of 13,233 vehicles. The US Navy consists of 490 ships, and according to this indicator they are in third place.

Russia firmly occupies the second position in the ranking. According to the number of people employed in the Russian army, it ranks fifth in the world. At the same time, the Russian ground forces are leading in the number of tanks (more than 13 thousand), self-propelled guns (more than 6 thousand) and missile systems (about 4 thousand). The Russian Air Force is the second largest after the American ones. The Russian Navy is also in second place in terms of numbers.

China closes the top 3. It boasts the largest army in the world - 2,185,000 fighters. In terms of the number of tanks, its ground forces are in eighth place - 3205 units, in terms of self-propelled guns and missile systems - in third place. The PLA Navy is leading in the number of ships, but the Chinese Air Force was in third place.

There were no special changes in the other positions of the rating. On the 4th and 5th place - the armies of India and Japan. The top ten also included: South Korea, France, Britain, Brazil and Pakistan.


Oleg Koryakin

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