What nation has the strongest military?
Define "strength." If strength is how much money we spend/waste, then yes, we are under that over-smplistic, naive definition, the United States is the "strongest." If strength s characterized by how much the military aids national security, the United States, in my opinion, is DEAD LAST (followed closely by Israel). Under this definition, I'd say Germany. They have a large military, yet they don't squander money or use it to facilitate imperialism. Side: Not USA
An Objective Comparison: German Military Personnel: 451,425 American Military Personnel: 2,937,899 -- German Battle tanks: 808 American Battle Tanks: 6,000 -- German Aircraft Carriers: 0 American Aircraft Carriers: 11 -- German Destroyers: 0 American Destroyers: 56 -- German Frigates: 15 American Frigates: 30 -- German Fighter Aircraft: 423 American Fighter Aircraft: 3,318 -- German Attack Helicopters: Not reported American Attack Helicopters: 6,417 -- German Attack Submarines: 4 American Attack Submarines: 371 -- -- >>>It's not even close<<< . . . Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Side: USA
With all due respect, you completely missed the point. By size, of course te country of 312 million beats Germany. But if our military resources are being used to HARM our national security, of they are WEAKENKNG US, then numbers don't matter. The United States is bringing terrorism upon itself by killing innocent civilians, bombing countries, invading them without provocation. We are the terrorists and our military is a detriment to our national security. Now if we uses them for DEFENSE, their intended purpose, not imperialism, it would be a whole other story… Side: Not USA
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In terms of the net destructive energy that any one nation can mobilize against another, it is clearly the Russian Federation. In terms of conventional strength (vehicles, manpower &c;.), very clearly the United Sates of America. In terms of the competence and utility of the Special Forces divisions, the United Kingdom. Those are the three principle military powers in the world in those terms. With a simple respect to the efficacy and technology of its armed forces, the coalition of the United States and the United Kingdom is the dominant military force in the world today. It is our opinion that the People's Republic of China would very easily be defeated by any of the three powers above. Side: Variation observed
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The United States and it's not even close, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Side: USA
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Please explain to me how they are going to arm all these soldiers in such a blazingly quick manner as to be ready for combat before the US gets there. When speaking in numbers I am speaking of the advantage we have in the size of our navy, air force, number of Ground based vehicles, etc Side: USA
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