As of January 2024, China had the largest armed forces in the world by active duty military personnel, with about 2 million active soldiers. India, the United States, North Korea, and Russia rounded out the top five largest armies. Difference between active and reserve personnel Active personnel...
It’s those countries with the biggest economies and militaries, and with the most raw materials. This explains why he is willing to negotiate directly with Russia while sidelining Ukraine, which he views as a minor player. It also clarifies why he is eager to intervene in Israel — because...
Compare militaries Compare worldwide armies and their strenghts and budgets. Compare fleets and warships, their airforce as well as the size of their land troops and warheads. Who hast he strongest, most technologically advanced military in the world and what country hast he highest defense budge...
The Elves do not have the strict military culture that is seen in other countries and kingdoms that keep standing formal militaries. Because of the Elves' very open and fanciful culture, structure in the military is very much dependent upon the leaders of the various brigades, except in times...
Variations Practices vary between militaries. In smaller ones where each ship is invaluable, they commonly use proper warships as carriers, which works well enough. Really any ship with interstellar capabilities will do, battleships and above with STL, and cruisers and above with FTL, by common cl...
Most other European nations have the kind of token militaries that a midsized African nation could defeat without too much trouble. The Bundeswehr, the current German military, is a case in point. On paper, it’s got a fair number of soldiers, tanks, and planes, but the soldiers are poo...
Just like your local power company suffers from poor engineering, maintenance, and management, leading to grid failures, the world's militaries periodically fail too. They're not paragons of operational excellence; they're old government bureaucracies held together by duct tape. ...
security concerns of the militaries”. May be this is one important reason that the People’s Liberation Army is large compared to other militaries stems from its composition as a mainly conscript-based force. Now other militaries in the West and across the world have moved to volunteer corps....
There has been fighting between the two (we cannot help but note the irony of the combatants being backed by separate NATO militaries) and the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham are listed as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department. That does not mean it is not possible there could be some ...
Militaries and Military TechnologySpace marines - A role filled by human warriors. Some serve on the navy ships of space-faring empires, where they punch into enemy starships, gun down the crew, and capture the ship intact.[65][66] Others serve in the security forces of off-planet ...