These are the 10 most powerful armies in the world 10. Brazil Brazil Army Day Students of Brasilia’s military school attend a ceremony commemorating the Army Day in Brasilia, Brazil in 2011. Power Index: 0.6912 Active Frontline Personnel: 371,199 Total Aircraft: 822 Tanks: 469 Naval Power: 106 Budget: $31,576,000,000 9. Italy APTOPIX ITALY SOLDIERS IN STREET Two Italian Army soldiers on patrol with an Italian state police officer at a commuter railway station on the outskirts of Rome in 2008. (AP Photo Pier Paolo Cito) Power Index: 0.6838 Active Frontline Personnel: 293,202 Total Aircraft: 770 Tanks: 720 Naval Power: 179 Budget: $31,946,000,000 8. South Korea South Korea Armed Forces Day South Korean special army soldiers demonstrate their martial arts skills during the 64th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at the Gyeryong military headquarters. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) Power Index: 0.6547 Active Frontline Personnel: 653,000 Total Aircraft: 871 Tanks: 2,466 Naval Power: 190 Budget: $28,280,000,000 7. Germany GERMANY ARMY MERKEL Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to a German Army soldier who wears heavy explosion protection gear during a visit to the Army Training Centre of the German Armed Forces in Letzlingen. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz) Power Index: 0.6491 Active Frontline Personnel: 148,996 Total Aircraft: 925 Tanks: 408 Naval Power: 67 Budget: $43,478,000,000 6. France France Hollande France’s President Francois Hollande, shakes hands with soldiers as he visits the army stand at the regional fair in Chalon en Champagne last year. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) Power Index: 0.6163 Active Frontline Personnel: 362,485 Total Aircraft: 544 Tanks: 571 Naval Power: 180 Budget: $58,244,000,000 5. United Kingdom 32 Regiment Royal Artillery parade and thanksgiving service Soldiers from 32 Regiment Royal Artillery. (Ben Birchall/PA Archive) Power Index: 0.5185 Active Frontline Personnel: 224,500 Total Aircraft: 1,412 Tanks: 227 Naval Power: 77 Budget: $57,875,170,000 4. India India Republic Day Indian army soldiers of Sikh Light Infantry Regiment march during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India on 26 January 2011. The day marks the anniversary of India’s adoption of a democratic constitution. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) Power Index: 0.4346 Active Frontline Personnel: 1,325,000 Total Aircraft: 1,962 Tanks: 3,555 Naval Power: 170 Budget: $44,282,000,000 3. China China Military A Chinese soldier is reflected on a window glass as he stands guard during a media oppotunity for the coverage of China’s attack helicopter Z-9WZ at a Chinese Liberation Army base last year. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Power Index: 0.3351 Active Frontline Personnel: 2,285,000 Total Aircraft: 5,048 Tanks: 7,950 Naval Power: 972 Budget: $129,272,000,000 2. Russia APTOPIX Russia Victory Day Wearing Red Army World War II-era uniforms, Russian troops march in the annual Victory Day parade at Moscow’s Red Square, Friday, 9 May 2008. (AP Photo) Power Index: 0.2618 Active Frontline Personnel: 1,200,000 Total Aircraft: 4,498 Tanks: 2,867 Naval Power: 224 Budget: $64,000,000,000 1. USA Mideast Iraq US Troops A US Army soldier holds keys of Saddam Hussein’s Al-Faw palace at the Camp Victory Complex in November 2011. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) Power Index: 0.2475 Active Frontline Personnel: 1,477,896 Total Aircraft: 15,293 Tanks: 8,325 Naval Power: 290 Budget: $689,591,000,000
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