Russia is in 2nd place, Ukraine is in 22nd place, Belarus is in 52nd place: the latest rating of the armies of the world according to Global Firepower is presented
An updated rating of combat power and equipment of the armies of the world has been presented. This rating is traditionally compiled by the Global Firepower service, whose conclusions are not shared by all military experts.
For many years, the three most powerful armies in the world in this ranking remain unchanged and look like this: the United States of America, Russia, China. At the same time, it is emphasized that all three armies scored points for power and technical equipment during the entire analysis period (the final quarter of 2021 and the first weeks of 2022).
Representatives of GF made the armies of India and Japan into the top five of the strongest armies in the world. At the same time, the Japanese army was designated as stronger and more equipped than the armies of Great Britain and France. By the way, the French army in this ranking was placed one line higher than the British armed forces - 7th against 8th.
The most powerful army among the countries of the post-Soviet space, not counting the Russian Federation, is the army of Ukraine. The compilers of the rating placed it in the 22nd position - after the armies of Saudi Arabia and Taiwan. At the same time, the Ukrainian army is considered stronger than the army of Poland, which is placed on the 24th line.
The army of Belarus, according to representatives of the service that compiled the rating, deserves only 52nd place in the list and is seriously inferior not only to the army of Ukraine, but also to the armies of such states as Singapore, Portugal, Bangladesh. At the same time, the army of Azerbaijan was placed on the 63rd line of the rating, one position higher than the army of Kazakhstan.
The weakest armies among the NATO countries are the Belgian (69th), Lithuanian (85), Slovenian (86), Latvian (94), Estonian (108), Albanian (115), Montenegrin (131) and North Macedonian armies. (132). At the same time, it is noted that only 140 countries of the world out of about 200 were included in the rating.
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