Any country needs a military to protect its interests and for its security. There are many countries that maintain its armed forces to protect its interests from foreign powers.
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There are many aspects basing on which a military is compared with another. Based on this comparison, each country is given a rank with its firepower. Before seeing the list, also check out:
- Most Powerful Armies in the World
- Most Powerful Navies in the World
- Most Powerful Air Forces in the World.
Note: A country’s military is the combination of its three (or more services that is the Army, Navy and Air Force.
Here is our list of the world’s top 20 countries with strongest armed forces:
- United States of America
- Russian Federation
- China
- India
- Japan
- South Korea
- France
- United Kingdom
- Egypt
- Brazil
- Turkey
- Italy
- Germany
- Iran
- Pakistan
- Indonesia
- Saudi Arabia
- Israel
- Australia
- Spain.