The most powerful armies in the world

The Japanese Army Returns With Tremendous Strength: 5 Strongest Armies in 2021
While some military world rankings declined in 2021, the military world rankings of each country have made progress in ranking military forces among the 139 most powerful armies around the world, in accordance with a series of criteria that assess each country's human, economic and conventional military hardware.
According to the National Inter, Japan is one of the countries that has made unprecedented progress, with the military becoming an army among the five most powerful countries in the world in 2021, and the ranking of the world's top four military has not changed.
According to the American Journal, the progress of the Japanese world rankings depends on several factors, in particular the quality of military weapons, economic strength and huge logistical support by land, sea and air.
According to the US World Firepower website, the five most powerful armies in the world this year are the US, Russian, Chinese, and Indian and Japanese armies.

1. United States Army
   According to the U.S. website ranking, the U.S. military ranks first in more than 332 million people, including 146 million available manpower.
   The United States has 121 million people and more than four million people who reach the age of conscription.
   The U.S. Army has 1.4 million troops and about 845,000 savings.
   The U.S. defense budget is 740 billion dollars.
   The U.S. Air Force has more than 13,000 fighters, including 1,956 fighters, 761 attack aircraft, 945 military transport aircraft, more than 2,700 training aircraft, 749 special mission aircraft and more than 5,400 helicopters, including 904 attack helicopters.
   The US Ground Force includes 6,100 tanks, 40,000 armored vehicles, 1,500 artillery, 1,340 field guns, and 1,365 rocket launchers.
   The American fleet consists of 490 naval works, including 11 aircraft carriers, 68 submarines, 92 destroyers, 21 corvettes, 13 patrol vessels and 8 mine cleaners.
   The United States has 13,513 airports, 35 ports, a commercial fleet of 3,673 ships, and an area of more than 9.8 million square kilometers.

1. Russian Armed Forces
   Russia is the world's largest country with an area of more than 17 million square kilometers and a population of more than 141 million, including more than 69 million people representing the human power available for employment.
   Russia has 46 million people and has reached the age of 1.3 million conscription annually.
   The Russian army has more than one million troops and two million savings.
   Russia's defense budget exceeds $42 billion.
   In addition to 1,540 helicopters, including 538 attack helicopters, the Russian Air Force has more than 4,000 aircraft, including 789 fighter aircraft, 742 attack aircraft, 429 military cargo aircraft, 495 training aircraft and 130 special mission aircraft.
   The Russian ground force consists of 13,000 tanks, more than 27,000 armored vehicles, 6,540 self-propelled artillery, 4,465 field artillery and 3,860 rocket launchers.
   The Russian fleet consists of 603 naval fleets, including one aircraft carrier, 64 submarines, 15 destroyers, 11 frigates, 85 corvettes, 55 patrol ships and 48 naval ships.
   Russia has 1,218 working airports, eight ports and 2,739 commercial fleets.

1. Chinese Army The Chinese Army is ranked third after the American and Russian Army, but has developed all branches of the Army and continues to invest in this area on a large scale. According to the US journal National Interst, China continues to develop military hardware on land, sea and air, developing superior aviation capabilities. China plans to have a strong fleet of 6G fighters and bombers, allowing it to impose air dominance in future wars. China's development of maritime capabilities would include the development of a global air carrier strike fleet and the development of surface, large and robotic submarines, it said. The Chinese military's defense budget is $178.2 billion.

1. Indian Army Statistics shows a large gap between India's fourth largest ability in the world and the top three military in the world rankings. Nevertheless, the ranking of India at this level depends on its huge workforce and the number of people suitable for military service in the population. India also has huge tank power, but some have not advanced, as well as good coastal defense and large artillery power. In addition, India continues to import sophisticated weapons from abroad and has signed a treaty that includes the right to manufacture some weapons in the country in a way that gives the capability to achieve independence in future armaments. India has a population of more than 1.3 billion, of which 623 million can be employed, 492 million in military service, and more than 23 million annually. The defense budget of the Indian military is 73.6 billion dollars.

5 Japanese Army Japan surpassed France in the 2020 ranking and became one of the top five armies in the world, the magazine said, pointing that the progress of the Japanese ranking is based on economic power, huge defense budgets and phenomenal military infrastructure. Japan has a strike air force and has a military fleet with the best warships in the world, especially destroyers and submarines, but it does not have a huge ground power," the magazine says. According to statistics from the Global Fire Power website, Japan has a population of more than 125 million, of which 53 million have labor force, 43 million are in the army, and 1.1 million are employed annually. The Self-Defense Forces are composed of 250,000 soldiers, 14,000 paramilitary units and 319,000 soldiers, including 55,000 savings. The defense budget of the Japanese Army is 51.7 billion dollars.