Any countries that has aircraft carriers are in top 5......

Originally Posted by Fox

Any countries that has aircraft carriers are in top 5......

and can you name those countries, Fox?

My bad, and it's just my opinion. I'm not sure and aware if Australia has an aircraft carrier....

1. US
2. England
3. India
4. France
5. Australia

Originally Posted by Fox

My bad, and it's just my opinion. I'm not sure and aware if Australia has an aircraft carrier....

1. US
2. England
3. India
4. France
5. Australia

Number 5 is wrong, the last aircraft carrier Australia had was "Sydney" which was decommissioned on 12 November 1973.. You are in the right area of the world though, Thailand has a carrier.

Go here for more info on carriers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carriers

Here is a link showing aircraft carriers of the world.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...d/carriers.htm

Then everyone can start their top 5 lists.

Originally Posted by tomtom22

Number 5 is wrong, the last aircraft carrier Australia had was "Sydney" which was decommissioned on 12 November 1973.. You are in the right area of the world though, Thailand has a carrier.

Go here for more info on carriers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carriers

Thanks for the recorrect. However, I've been told that the Aussie Navy has the good reputation for its defend against any foreigners whose enter the Aussie water territory and most advanced techologies in the Pacific Ocean.

Originally Posted by tomtom22

Let's get back to the topic of the thread: Top five navies of the world, not army, not air force.

aye aye skipper i'll keep my wise ass wining about my country for the how i feel tread

Add Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force somewhere... maybe in 5th place. One of the most advanced navies in the world.
Japan and South Korea's navies could whip the living daylights out of the Thai one several times over.
India probably won't fit on the list yet. Other than their projected Kiev class aircraft carrier, the rest of their navy doesn't seem to be much to shout about. They have some "stealth" frigates of Russian design but I am not sure as to how effective they are.
They don't seem to have any AEGIS systems to speak of (correct me if I'm wrong... I just can't find any info on it).

Originally Posted by benaakatz

The U.S. obviously being #1. Where do other countries fall in? And why?

Top 5 in what? Men numbers? Total displacement? Lenght of coasts protected? Firepower? Technological superiority?

Top 5 in overall power/strength in the world or their region, since the U.S. basically controls the world's seas.