More than 70 years have passed since World War II, but judging from the successive air strikes by the United States and Israel on Syria and the forced help of Ukraine to the United States, this is still an era of "speaking by strength".
Without the military strength to stop the war with war, there is no bottom card to resist the enemy outside the door of the country.
The problem is, decades have passed, who is strong and who is weak, naturally there must be a sort.
In the list list released by "Global Firepower", the world's more influential military powers are impressively listed, and the top of the list is still the United States, which is indeed not surprising.
Whether it is military expenditure, the number of aircraft carriers, nuclear arsenals, or fighters, missiles, various types of warships, as well as intelligence acquisition capabilities, military bases all over the world, to tell the truth, the combat effectiveness of the US military is indeed not to be underestimated.
Of course, the world situation is full of variables, and the United States is now the world's first, and it may not have such an advantage in a few decades.
In second place is Russia. The United States has B-52s, Russia has Tu-160s, the United States has F-22 and F-35 fighters, Russia also has Su-35s and Su-57s, and in terms of the number of nuclear warheads, the United States and Russia are similar.
It is undeniable that in the field of navy, the United States is much stronger than Russia, but in terms of nuclear missiles and nuclear submarines, the United States is not stronger than the Russian military. Russia's "Vanguard" hypersonic missiles, "Poseidon" torpedoes, "Sarmatt" intercontinental missiles, "Haiyan" nuclear-powered cruise missiles are all ace weapons to defeat the enemy.
Overall, Russia is in second place.
Japan and South Korea ranked 5th and 6th respectively. In terms of military strength on paper, Japan may not be as good as countries such as Iran and Turkey, and it is difficult to compete with Britain and France, but in fact, Japan's military potential cannot be underestimated.
Japan has quasi-aircraft carriers such as the "Izumo", although there are no nuclear weapons, but in the absence of American restraints, the battle strength of Germany and Japan will not necessarily lose to Britain and France.
Of course, as far as the current military strength ranking is concerned, Japan ranks fifth in the world, which is indeed a bit exaggerated, after all, Britain and France are permanent members of the Security Council.
South Korea's military strength is far from Japan's, ranking 6th, and it is indeed a bit inappropriate.
France and the United Kingdom ranked 7th and 8th respectively, and the "Global Firepower" believed that in terms of military strength, France was slightly stronger than the United Kingdom, but the strength of France and Britain was not as good as that of Japan, South Korea, and India.
From this point of view, France, the former hegemon of Europe and Great Britain, which spanned the whole world, have indeed set over the west.
China is in third place, which is reasonable.
I think the most noteworthy is India, which ranks fourth. Over the years, India has bought advanced weapons from the United States, Russia, Britain, France and Israel, anti-tank missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, transport aircraft, fighter jets and other weapons, which can be said to be everything, and almost all India that can buy them have bought them.
In many military strength rankings of the US media and Us agencies, India is ranked very high, usually in fourth or fifth place, which is comparable to Japan's ranking. But in fact, India, which relies entirely on the purchase of weapons and equipment, has a very average intelligence gathering ability, and does not have strong combat effectiveness of its soldiers, ranking fourth after the United States and Russia, is indeed somewhat inappropriate.
People can't help but sigh: Is it because the United States wants to continue to fool India into buying American weapons?
If nothing else, let India and Britain, France, Germany and Japan go it alone, India has no certainty of winning.
Germany ranks 16th, behind Italy, Turkey and Iran, but the world understands that with Germany's economic and technological strength, it is not difficult to achieve military rise.
After counting, the top eight countries in the "global firepower" are as follows: the United States, Russia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, France, and the United Kingdom, and the five permanent members of the Security Council are among them.
Of course, the so-called "military strength" ranking is just a paper talk of "global firepower", who is strong and who is weak, it is really difficult to say, but in general, the first three are not questioned. But such a ranking will indeed increase India's confidence.