In recent days, the tension between China and the United States began to rise, fueling fears of a possible military crisis. This has caused several people to wonder what are the characteristics of the armies of all countries in the world. Certainly the ranking developed by the Global Firepower published a list to know the combat capabilities of nations.
For this classification we have taken into account 142 countries of which more than 50 individual factors were analyzed to determine the score (“PowerIndex”).
Common values considered include military might, finance, air power, natural resources, manpower, naval forces, and logistical and geographic capabilities.
The first three places in the military ranking are occupied by the countries United States of America, Russia Y China, in this order. Although this scale determines who has the largest army, it does not preclude that in certain states some categories are outperformed by others, as in the case of the United States, which tops the list when we compare it to China. One of them is the active military number, where the Asian country has the largest number of soldiers.
The list also includes Latin American countries, such as Argentina ranked 40th, with its greatest strength in Ground Forces and minimum strength in Naval Forces.
On the other hand, the Peru It is also considered in the ranking and is ranked 50th on the list. Corresponding global firepower, Our country has a small military power, as well as in the air force. In the Naval Forces, their total assets rank 40th, reaching the number of 63 active units. In addition, it is ranked 35th with 95,000 active soldiers.