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NOTE: Nuclear weapons, past and current military experience, unit training and equipment quality are not taken into account.
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That pretty much says it all right there. On paper Russia's military looks like it has actually improved since 1991, but the paper doesn't mention that only 1/3 of the equipment listed has been maintained in a state of combat readiness. Iraq, ahead of Venezuela and Libya? At least those two nations are independent nations with militaries maintained by their own government. Spain's ahead of Pakistan? (Yet managed to fight number four on the list to a stand still five times) Great Britain is tenth even though their Navy could easily trump numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 on this list? On a planet that's surface is 2/3's water, one could argue that a Navy is pretty important. Argentina ahead of Sweden, Israel and and Taiwan? There's a frickin random thrown in there, has Argentina rebuilt since getting trumped by the United Kingdom in 1982? Why does this list refer to the United Kingdom as Great Britain? In the seventh grade science fair a kid was considered incorrect because he said Great Britain instead of the United Kingdom. This list is at best incomplete and inaccurate, the UK should be number two or three, unlike China they actually have the ability to project their power beyond their borders, China may have a large army, but their Navy can't even cross the 112 miles from China to Taiwan. Definitely a lot more work needed here.