TOP 10 MOST POWERFUL ARMIES IN THE WORLD

1. United States.

Power Index: 0.2475
Defense Budget: $689,591,000,000
Active Military Personnel: 1,477,896
Labor Force: 153,600,000
Total Aircraft: 15,293
Total Naval Strength: 290.

                                   

Nuclear capabilities are not included in this calculation. “As the inclusion of such weapons would
 defeat the purpose of such comparisons”. The placings are based strictly on each nation’s potential
conventional war-making capabilities across land, sea and air.

The United States Army (USA) is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs
land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is
 designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2,
Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and
senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army,
 which was formed (14 June 1775) to fight the American Revolutionary War (1775–83)—before the
 U.S. was established as a country.After the Revolutionary War, the Congress of the Confederation
created the United States Army on 3 June 1784, to replace the disbanded Continental Army.The
 United States Army considers itself descended from the Continental Army, and dates its institutional
inception from the origin of that armed force in 1775.

2.Russia

Power Index: 0.2618
Defense Budget: $64,000,000,000
Active Military Personnel: 1,200,000
Labor Force: 75,330,000
Total Aircraft: 4,498
Total Naval Strength: 224

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are the military service of Russia, established after
 the dissolution of the Soviet Union. On 7 May 1992, Boris Yeltsin signed a presidential decree
 establishing the Russian Ministry of Defence and placing all Soviet Armed Forces troops on the
 territory of the Russian SFSR under Russian control.The commander-in-chief of the armed
 forces is the president of Russia. Although the Russian armed forces were formed in 1992, the
 Russian military dates its roots back to the times of the Kievan Rus'.

Armed forces under the Ministry of Defence are divided into:
the three "branches of Armed Forces" the Ground Force, Aerospace Forces, and the Navy
the two "separate troop branches" the Strategic Missile Troops and the Airborne Troops
the Rear of the Armed Forces, which has a separate status of its ownThere are additionally two further "separate troop branches" maintained by the Ministry of the Interior,the Internal Troops and the Border Service. These are not normally included as branches of the "Armed Forces"but are nonetheless used in armed conflicts.

3.CHINA

Power Index: 0.3351
Defense Budget: $129,272,000,000
Active Military Personnel: 2,285,000
Labor Force: 795,500,000
Total Aircraft:5,048
Total Naval Strength: 972

The Chinese People's Liberation Army is the armed forces of the People's Republic of China and the
Communist Party of China (CPC). 1 August is celebrated annually as the Army Day commemorating
Nanchang Uprising on 1 August 1927. The PLA consists of five professional service branches: the Ground
 Force, the Navy, the Air Force, the Rocket Force and the Strategic Support Force. The PLA is the world's
 largest military force, with a strength of approximately 2,285,000 personnel, 0.18% of the country's population.In September 2015, Xi Jinping, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, announced that he would reduce the country's military personnel by 300,000.The PLA's insignia consists of a roundel with a redstar bearing the Chinese characters for Eight One, referring to August 1.

4.India

Power Index: 0.4346
Defense Budget: $44,282,000,000
Active Military Personnel: 1,325,000
Labor Force: 487,600,000
Total Aircraft: 1,962
Total Naval Strength: 170

The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces.
The President of India serves as Commander-in-Chief of the army, and it is commanded by the Chief
of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four-star General. Two officers have been conferred the rank of Field
marshal, a Five-star rank, which is a ceremonial position of great honour. The Indian Army originated
from the armies of the East India Company, which eventually became the British Indian Army and finally
the national army after independence. The units and regiments of the Indian Army have diverse histories
and have participated in a number of battles and campaigns across the world, earning a large number
of battle and theatre honours before and after Independence.

5.United Kingdom

Power Index: 0.5185
Defense Budget: $57,875,170,000
Active Military Personnel: 224,500
Labor Force: 31,720,000
Total Aircraft:1,412
Total Naval Strength: 77

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom. The force was initially administered by the War Office from London, which in 1964 was subsumed into the Ministry of Defence. The professional head of the British Army is the Chief of the General Staff.

The full-time element of the British Army is referred to as the Regular Army and has been since the creation
of the reservist Territorial Force in 1908. All members of the British Army swear (or affirm) allegiance to the
monarch as commander-in-chief. However, the Bill of Rights of 1689 requires Parliamentary consent for The
Crown to maintain a standing army in peacetime. Parliament approves the continued existence of the Army
by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years.

Throughout its history, the British Army has seen action in a number of major wars involving the world's
great powers, including the Seven Years' War, the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the First World
 War and Second World War. Repeatedly emerging victorious from these decisive wars allowed Britain
to influence world events with its policies and establish itself as one of the world's leading military and
economic powers. Since the end of the Cold war, the British Army has been deployed to many conflict
zones, often as part of an expeditionary force or a United Nations peacekeeping operation. Additionally,
 the British Army maintains several permanent overseas postings.

6.France

Power Index: 0.6163
Defense Budget: $58,244,000,000
Active Military Personnel: 362,485
Labor Force: 29,610,000
Total Aircraft: 544
Total Naval Strength: 180

The French Army is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. Along with the
 French Air Force, the French Navy and the National Gendarmerie, it is placed under the responsibility
 of the French government. The current Chief of Staff of the French Army (C.E.M.A.T) is general
 Jean-Pierre Bosser, a direct subordinate of the Chief of the Defence Staff (C.E.M.A). All soldiers are
 considered professionals following the suspension of conscription, voted in parliament in 1997 and
made effective in 2001.

As of 2014, the French Army employed 111,628 personnel. In addition, the reserve element of the
French Army consisted of 15,453 personnel of the Operational Reserve.
In 1999 the Army issued the Code of the French Soldier, which includes the injunctions:

7.Germany

Power Index: 0.6491
Defense Budget: $43,478,000,000
Active Military Personnel: 148,996
Labor Force: 43,620,000
Total Aircraft: 925
Total Naval Strength: 67

The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of Germany.
The German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German Bundeswehr together
with the Marine (German Navy) and the Luftwaffe (German Air Force). As of 31 December 2015, the German Army has a strength of 59,021 soldiers.

8.South Korea

Power Index: 0.6547
Defense Budget: $28,280,000,000
Active Military Personnel: 653,000
Labor Force: 25,100,000
Total Aircraft: 871
Total Naval Strength: 190

The Republic of Korea Armed Forces are also known as the ROK Armed Forces, are the armed
forces of South Korea. Created in 1948, following the division of Korea, the Republic of Korea
Armed Forces is one of the largest standing armed forces in the world with a reported personnel
strength of 3,600,000 in 2014 (630,000 active and 2,970,000 reserve).The ROK military forces
are responsible for maintaining the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the republic, but often engage
in humanitarian and disaster-relief efforts nationwide. More recently the ROK military began increasing
its participation in international affairs, acknowledging its role and responsibility as the fifteenth
economic power in the world in terms of GDP. The ROK military has participated in various peacekeeping
operations, and counter-terrorism operations.

9.Italy

Power Index: 0.6838
Defense Budget: $31,946,000,000
Active Military Personnel: 293,202
Labor Force: 25,080,000
Total Aircraft: 770
Total Naval Strength: 179

The Italian Army the land defence force of the Italian Armed Forces of the Italian Republic.
The army's history dates back to the unification of Italy in the 1850s and 1860s. The army
 fought in colonial engagements in China, Libya (1911–1912), northern Italy against the
Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I, Abyssinia before World War II, and in World War II
in Albania, Greece, north Africa, Russia and Italy itself. During the Cold War the army prepared
itself to defend against a Warsaw Pact invasion from the east. Since the end of the Cold War the
army has seen extensive peacekeeping service and combat in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Its best-known combat vehicles are the Dardo infantry fighting vehicle, the Centauro tank destroyer
and the Ariete tank, and among its aircraft the Mangusta attack helicopter, recently deployed in UN missions.

The headquarters of the Army General Staff are located in Rome, opposite the Presidential Palace.
The army is an all-volunteer force of active-duty personnel, numbering 102,995 personnel in 2014
and therefore being the second largest army of the European Union and the fourth among NATO nations.

10.Brazil

Power Index: 0.6912
Defense Budget: $31,576,000,000
Active Military Personnel: 371,199
Labor Force: 104,700,000
Total Aircraft: 822
Total Naval Strength: 106

The Brazilian Army is the land arm of the Brazilian Armed Forces. The Brazilian Army
has fought in several international conflicts, mostly in South America during the 19th century.
In the 20th century, it fought on the Allied side at World War I and World War II. Aligned with
Western Bloc, it also had active participation in the Cold War, in Latin America and Southern
Portuguese Africa, as well as taking part in UN peacekeeping missions worldwide since the late 1950s.

Domestically, besides having faced several rebellions throughout these two centuries, with support of
key local elites and the big international capital, it also ended the monarchy and imposed on the rest of
society its political views and economic development projects during the periods (1889–94, 1930–45* and 1964–85) that it ruled the country.VV