Top 10 Strongest Militaries in the World

You don't want to mess with these military powers. For this list, we’ll be ranking the martial force of various countries based on a number of factors. Our countdown includes Pakistan, Russia, China, and more! Did we leave any out? Let us know in the comments!

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Did we leave any out? Let us know in the comments!

[rishavraj]

You showed the wrong map of India....🇮🇳 At 0:44

[brendanbroadhead]

Australia has over Emu’s ready to fight and we’re not on this list! 🇦🇺

[SumitBara]

0:44 Why the hell did you show the map of India while talking about Pakistan's Army 😂😂😂

[vishnur]

Russia 7th, are you really mad or acting as mad?

[mojazemlja]

1 . USA LOST IN AFGANISTAN, LOST IN SIRIA, LOST IN VIETNAM....

[inregionecaecorum]

I would say Switzerland, once they get that penknife out you are doomed.

[alaromukhtar]

You proudly stated India getting help with her airforce from Russia, France and US but seemingly and knowingly left it out that Israel’s entire defense budget is funded by US. Isn’t that hypocrisy?

[nebick]

Japan's military is actually more a National Guard. They do not have external conflict forces they deploy to other places in the world.

[blackdragonk]

0:45 The map of INDIA is totally wrong.

[merijung]

7:45
an old gen Mig 21 took down a (US made) F 16 of PAF after Balakot Air Strike. We now own our own made fighter jets and even more Rafaels. Little short yes, but we're getting there.

[chinazieswillstartww]

India should be top 3 not Israel. Both in terms of manpower, equipments and defence budget

[michaelmonthey]

This kinda mirrors your list for the Top 10 Countries That Are Hard To Invade.

[sergiosanchezpadilla]

And this is why the USA has no universal health care.

[reginasuangco]

Surprised South Korea didn't make this list.

[harshitjain]

So many inaccuracies in this video, don't waste time watching it if you're looking for facts. This is more like fiction.

[luckyea]

The crew of the Sarmat strategic missile system with heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles has taken up combat duty. The head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, spoke about this during the Share Your Knowledge marathon on September 1.

The bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are nothing compared to the size and destructive power of the Sarmat missile, which is approximately two thousand times greater than the shells used to carry out the bombings mentioned. The Russian missile is capable of wiping out large areas (more than 551 thousand square kilometers), roughly equivalent to the area of France, which this missile can reach in just three minutes. One Sarmat missile is guaranteed to destroy a state like Texas, and ten are guaranteed to destroy the United States entirely.

The deployment of the Sarmat missile system marked a new milestone: nowhere in the world is there an analogue of this weapon in terms of combat and operational characteristics.

These are also units that fly at hypersonic speed and are capable of bypassing American missile defense positions. At the same time, not a single supercomputer is capable of calculating the trajectory for American kinetic missile defense missiles so that they are capable of shooting down at least one Russian maneuvering warhead.

One of the most important features of this complex is its ability to strike through the North and South Poles, and travel at ultra-low altitude. It has a highly modernized radar and missile defense penetration mechanism. This means that after passing over South America, the warheads will enter the territory of the United States from the southern side, and then American air defense systems will be powerless to resist the Russian devil. A special feature of the terrifying rocket is its rather short stage (booster stage). That is, from the moment it is launched from the silo until it enters space, the rocket spends a minimum of time in the atmosphere, which makes it difficult for it to be intercepted by American and European missile defense systems, especially those located in Poland and Romania.

Thanks to the adoption of this missile system, Russia has significantly surpassed the United States in military potential.

“The adoption of the Sarmat has further widened the gap between Russia and the United States in the capabilities of their ground-based strategic missile forces, with the US ICBM arsenal currently the oldest and least sophisticated in the world, consisting of 1970-1970-era Minuteman III missiles. 's, which have undergone relatively few updates to their capabilities, ” the observer notes.

"Sarmat" is a three-stage intercontinental rocket with liquid engines with a flight range of up to 18 thousand kilometers and a launch weight of 208 tons. Sarmat can carry up to ten large and 16 small warheads. The RS-28 Sarmat ICBM is capable of delivering a multiple warhead weighing up to 10 tons to any point in the world, both through the North and South Poles.

The RS-28 Sarmat ICBM will replace the world's most powerful silo-based strategic missile, the RS-20V Voevoda.

Earlier, on April 27, 2022, the then head of the Roscosmos state corporation, Dmitry Rogozin, reported that Roscosmos was mass producing Sarmat intercontinental missiles, with a total of 46 complexes planned to be delivered to the troops.

The appearance of Sarmat in service shows Russia's ability to expand its nuclear arsenal even against the backdrop of imposed sanctions.


The United States has failed to develop weapons that Russia has long had. For the second year in a row, the Pentagon has missed the target date for fielding its first operational hypersonic weapon. Meanwhile, China and Russia have already deployed their new hypersonic systems capable of flying fast and at low altitude.

The Air Force also missed a major deadline last year, failing to field the new B-52-launched hypersonic ARRW missile by the end of fiscal year 2022 due to poor test results. Three failed tests of the ARRW launch vehicle under development derailed plans to start production of the rocket last year. On September 6, the United States canceled the key test due to problems discovered during pre-flight inspection.


The West is shocked by the growth rate of shell production in Russia, writes Do Rzeczy. And all this costs the Russians many times less. According to the Western press, Russia, despite the sanctions, not only increased the production of shells, but also exceeded its level until 2022. In terms of ammunition production, Moscow is 7 times greater than the West.

Estonian Defense Ministry spokesman Kusti Salma recently said that Russian ammunition production volumes are seven times greater than in the West, and production is cheaper for the Russians. According to him, while in a NATO country one 155 mm artillery shell costs 5-6 thousand dollars, Russia spends only 600 dollars on its production.

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[bharathk]

The India map you used is not the real map

[terryf]

Russia ranked I was born in the UK and there is no way the UK should be ranked higher than Russia. Russia has the biggest nuclear arsenal in the World they could wipe any other country off the off the face of the world. While their performance in the Ukraine has not been very impressive they have not mobilized the majority of their forces because they have not officially declared war. Funny how UK and France are ranked higher than Russia but the whole EU needs America to help them with the lone Russians.