In drawing up the GFP-ranking takes into account 45 different parameters of the military capabilities of countries. Rating is based on official records of the Ministry of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency data, and open military publications and statistical reports. Included in the list of 55 countries evaluated the Army for five main groups of parameters: the size of the army, the number of arms of land, air and naval forces, funding. However, the nuclear capability of this rating does not account for. So, to take first place in the ranking of the United States helped the size of the Army – 1.5 million people, the total number of Army vehicles – 56.3 thousand units, the Air Force – 18.2 thousand units, naval forces – 2.4 Thousands of units, as well as funding in the amount of 692 billion dollars. Russia is almost twice faster than the number of U.S. military equipment for ground troops – 91.7 thousand units. However, losing the other parameters: the strength of – 1.2 million, the amount of equipment the Air Force – 2,7 thousand units, naval forces – 233, the military budget – $ 56 billion. China took third place, ahead of all of the numerical composition of the Army – 2.3 million people. The military budget is also impressive – $ 100 billion. Other parameters: the number of military equipment of ground forces – 22,8 thousand units, the Air Force – 4000 units, naval forces – 562 units. In addition, from the former USSR in rating included Georgia – 50th place and Ukraine – in 20th place. The numerical composition of the Army of Ukraine is 159 thousand people, the amount of military equipment of ground forces – 20,8 thousand units, the Air Force – 1000 units, naval forces – 70 units, the total amount of funding – $ 1.2 billion. Georgia has much more modest parameters: the size of the Army – 37 thousand people, the number of military equipment for ground forces – 3,6 thousand units, the number of vehicles for the Air Force – 654 units of equipment for the Navy – 9 units, the total amount of funding – about $ 500 million. "I would put China in second place and Russia in third. For many power options, and China is already in the first place. In addition, Beijing powerfully increases the cost of defense. In this sense, last year was the anomaly – the growth of China's defense budget amounted to only 8%. It is understandable why the U.S. ranks first – they have a great fleet and a strong technological component ", – said the head of analytical department of the Institute of Political and Military Analysis Alexander Khramchikhin. As for the comparison of military budgets, the ratings are, in his view, shows the situation is not entirely correct. "Americans are a Chinese military budget by comparing Th, of course, silly, after all, he comes to U.S. $ 700 billion. It is true that about 20% of it goes to fund the campaign in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus they are huge costs for the maintenance personnel, and completely incompatible with the Chinese and our own. Therefore, the comparison is incorrect ", – said Khramchikhin. However, experts predict that if China continues to increase as military capabilities, it quickly catch up and overtake the U.S. and perhaps even trigger a new arms race. Official Beijing has already announced that it will increase spending on the army in 2011, almost 13%. It is worth noting that China has been accused that he underestimates the official figures for defense spending, in reality they may be higher in at least half, and a maximum – three, said Khramchikhin. It is worth noting that Russia will continue to increase spending on weapons. She's going to spend 2020 on an army of about 20 trillion rubles. Under this federal program planned to upgrade all major sectors of defense: rocket science, the military aircraft industry, the production of communications, control, intelligence, munitions, shipbuilding.
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