Middle-east power

Egypt:
Check on Turkey and Iran in following ranking.
Egyptian military is simply unknown in the world, in contrast to Turkey or Iran, this already says a lot.

Israel:
Iraelie army is way too much hyped. In an all-out war against Iran (no nuke), Israel has no chance at all (without USA support), if these 2 countries are on border with each other, Iran would occupy Israel very soon. Problem of Israel is that it is too small.


Military expenditures - dollar figure 2003
Data source: 2003 CIA World Factbook

1 United States $ 276,700,000,000
2 China $ 55,910,000,000
3 France $ 46,500,000,000
4 Japan $ 39,520,000,000
5 Germany $ 38,800,000,000
6 United Kingdom $ 31,700,000,000
7 Italy $ 20,200,000,000
8 Saudi Arabia $ 18,300,000,000
9 Brazil $ 13,408,000,000
10 Korea, South $ 13,094,300,000
11 India $ 11,520,000,000
12 Australia $ 11,390,000,000
13 Iran $ 9,700,000,000
14 Israel $ 8,970,000,000
15 Spain $ 8,600,000,000
16 Turkey $ 8,100,000,000
17 Canada $ 7,861,000,000
18 Taiwan $ 7,574,000,000
19 Netherlands $ 6,500,000,000
20 Greece $ 6,120,000,000
21 Korea, North $ 5,217,400,000
22 Singapore $ 4,470,000,000
23 Sweden $ 4,395,000,000
24 Argentina $ 4,300,000,000
25 Egypt $ 4,040,000,000

http://www.photius.com/rankings/military_expenditures_dollar_figure_2003_0.html
 
Iraelie army is way too much hyped. In an all-out war against Iran (no nuke), Israel has no chance at all (without USA support), if these 2 countries are on border with each other, Iran would occupy Israel very soon. Problem of Israel is that it is too small.
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Iran couldn't defeat Iraq, Iraq (was part of the 1973 coalition) couldn't defeat Israel so you see where I'm going with these. And also if a coalition of 12 countries could not defeat Israel in 1973 in a suprise attack I don't think only Iran can. And also what can they do drop paratroops into Tel-Aviv?!? Even if Iran had any plans against Israel, now Iraq stands as a wedge betwen Israel and Iran so no attack here.
 
yurry said:
Iraelie army is way too much hyped. In an all-out war against Iran (no nuke), Israel has no chance at all (without USA support), if these 2 countries are on border with each other, Iran would occupy Israel very soon. Problem of Israel is that it is too small.
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Iran couldn't defeat Iraq, Iraq (was part of the 1973 coalition) couldn't defeat Israel so you see where I'm going with these. And also if a coalition of 12 countries could not defeat Israel in 1973 in a suprise attack I don't think only Iran can. And also what can they do drop paratroops into Tel-Aviv?!? Even if Iran had any plans against Israel, now Iraq stands as a wedge betwen Israel and Iran so no attack here.
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Please note what I said: IF Israel and Iran are located on border and Israel must fight alone without USA support, then Iran would conquer Israel very soon.

Also, 1973 is 30 years ago, you can't compare a army of 30 years ago with now. If you mention the 8 years Iraq/Iran war, then at that time almost ALL world was supporting Iraq, Iran was basically alone, yet Iraq couldn't defeat Iran.

Of course Israel has better weapons than Iran has, but the marge is not that high. Just imagine an army of 70 million men's country vs a a couple of million men's country, both with reasonably well equiped armies. Israel is TOO small to defend too long time. Isael is good at offensive for a short time, but cannot last long, their resources for war are too limited (if without USA support).
 
Its a good point, but more money spent doesn't ensure you are getting more. The main reason I would rank Iran easily in the top 5 militaries in the middle east is that they have a much larger population than anyone else. They also have more diverse and plentiful natural resources.

The biggest reason I consider Israel and Turkey more powerful than anyone else ... Well in Israel's case, they have been underestimated repeatedly. They have been gang tackled by every nation that borders them and some that did not, and come out on top. The combined military might that has been thrown at them would outrank that of Iran comparatively (making adjustment for time period, etc). The overall level of readiness in Israel is unsurpassed. I tend not to bet against a nation that repeatedly survives against impossible odds. I can certainly follow what you're saying of course.
 
FlyingFrog,
Israel, In a defensive situation, could wipe Iran's butt. Iran's Air Force would be desotyed by the superior air defense capabilities of Israel, and Iran's Army, aside from It's revolutionary Gaurd, are little better then conscripts. I see It impossible that you could say Iran Is greater In military streagth then Israel.
 
Israel has to be the most powerful due to its equipment being the mostb up to date in the region, following that i would say it is close between turkey and egypt as they both have up to date weapons as well as older less advanced weaponary. iran has older western technology and newer russian technology but as the war in iraq has shown the t-72 is vulnerable and that is there most up to date tank and there airforce despite having F-4s and F-14s they have not had the support from the US since the government was overthrown.

1)Israel
2)Saudi Arabia
3)Egypt
4)Turkey
5)Iran
 
Flyingfrog:

Israel is a small country with a large military. We never recieved direct military help from the US. Lets compare Israel and Iran:

This is from Fighting Forces- An Illustrated Anatomy of the World's Great Armies by Richard Bennett.This is 2002 Publication, preetey accurate...

Iran(page 94-99):

"The current strength of the Iranian army is 325000, with some 240000 personnel available for combat dusty...Still nowhere neatr having genuine war fighting capability"

"Armor-
500 T54/55/Type-59
75 T62
140 Chieftain 3/5
150 M47/48
150 M60"

(Sherman insert-To this you should add a few dozen Zulfiqar tanks)....


It also says:
"The Iranian army faces a troubled future...remains a force with just sufficiant capabilty to defend it's natinal borders..."

Israel(pages106-115)

The writer describes the problems facing the Israeli Defence Forces and then writes:
"However, even taking all these factors into account, the Israeli army still largely remains a cohesive, well-trained, and highly motivated force, capable of dominating any potential Middle Eastern battlefield...A strike force still unmatched by any possible opponent"

"The Israeli army is 130000 strong(Sherman insert: I believe it is 200000, but oh well.), but can mobilize a further 400000(Insert:I think about 500000) trained reseves within a matter of days, virtually all of whom are availale for combat duties"

"Armor:
800 Centurion
300 M48A5
300 M60A1
600 M60A3
400 Magach 7
200 Ti-67
100 T-62
1200- Merkava 1/2/3 MBTs"

(Sherman insert- The Centurions are gone, but have been replaced by the Merkava tanks. The M48/60 are all upgraded to ther superior Magach 7 and 6B. The Ti-67 and T62 tanks are gone, also replaced by Merkava and Magach)


As to ari-foces, lets just compare hardware:

Iran-

Mainly Chinese Mig 19 and 21 Copies. Some F4s. Su25 and Su 24. Very few( less than 2 dozen) F14s.
Most advanced Fighter: Mig 29(very few in service)
Most Advanced Attack Helicopter: AH1 Cobra(100 in service)

Israel:
Mainly F16s. Many F15s. A few F4 and A4 remain in service, but upgraded.
F15I and F16I, said to be some of the most advanced in service world-wide.
Most advanced Fighter:F15(a few dozen in service)
Most advanced Attack Helicopter: AH-64(a few dozen in service)
 
SHERMAN,

Thanks for the info you supplied.

Secondly, I have a lot of respect for Israeli military and people. Don't get me wrong, Israeli's enjoy very high respect among public in China, you people living in such a dangerous place yet you managed to stand there firmly among all the enemies.

Now back to topic:
Of course Israeli military is no doubt the BEST quality army in Middle East.
What I said is if without USA support, and Iran is located on your border, then Iran can "occupy" Israel very soon, I mean Israel will have no chance to hold very long and eventually lose the war.

The real problems facing Israel IMO:
1. The country size is too too small. Population too small.
2. U have no resource to support the a long going war.
3. You do have good tanks and many of them, but with these tanks you can hardly push into Iran, Iran is simply too large for a small force of Israel to conquer. Since this is no more time of Chenghis Khan, you cannot rush your tanks into Iran and just kill every people, so you have to have a lot of people occupying a city and go further to conqure next city, but you don't have this manpower.
4. U do have very good fighter jets. This will be the biggest headache for Iranians. But Iran does have deadly missiles, how about they destroy your airfields with thousands of missiles? No worry, I talk about missiles in point 5.
5. Check the Ranking I supplied before, Iran does have a big defence budget, even bigger than that of Israel, they have a lot of oil too, money for them is not a issue in fact. If we say the war btw Israel and Iran happens after 10 years, Iran then has plenty of time and money to prepare the war: They can buy enough jets from Russia (Su-series) and China (J10), they can buy very advanced missiles from them too, tanks no problem, Russian T90, Chinese T98, all on offer, Most importanly, Iran is making their own missiles and tanks too. Actually, the most important weapon against a small nation like Israel is: Missiles. With that much of money, Iran can get thousands of deadly missiles within 10 years without problem at all.

Since I think Iran is growing fast in military, and they have big oil=money, and they are a very big country, a very big and fannatic population, I think God stands on their site, Time stands on their side too.

BTW, Chinese twin-seats J10:
http://www.sinodefence.com/airforce/fighter/j10_1.jpg
 
I hope China dosent sell the J-10 to Iran, since it is obviously the result of copying or cooperation with Israels "Lavi" project. As to the Budget thing...Well, Its true that they have alot of money, but they have a huge gap to close. If they spend all that money on hardware, their training will remain poor. Their army is still not fully mechanized....IMHO even if they do buy a lot of hardware, they cant match USA hardware with russian or chinese hardware, at least for now. Plust the ammount of modifications and self-production done by Israel I believe we will remain technologicaly superior in the near future. As to the IDF being too small, I rweally dont get that. within 48 houres the IDf can become 500000-700000 man strong, with 4/5 of these in combat duty at least. Iraq was conquered twice by a force not bigger than that. Israel dosent need to occupy Iran to win a war. We can simply destroy the Irany army in 2-3 weeks of combat, and than retreat, as we have no use for Iranian or any other land....As to the missile problem, they can build that manymissiles, the noubers are greatly exagerated. But, they can build houndreds of them. Very well. The Israel "Arrow" is the first operational Anti-Ballistic-Missile-System, and we have ballistic missile of our own.
 
Note, what I am talking about is just in "theory".

Of course I think China will not sell J10 to Iran (but who knows in future), since China has very good relationship with Israel, also in military cooperation aspects. J-10 was in the very beginning from Lavi, but Israel stopped it due to USA pressure, so China went on on her own, so I say J10 is now purely Chinese version.

If we talk about NOW, then I admint even if Iran is on border with Israel, Israel will win the war. But I am always looking a bit further into future, like in 10 years term. At that time, I think Iran is ready to take on Israel.

Again, above is about the senario that Iran is located on border with Israel and Israel does not have USA Support, therefore in reality it is simply a fantacy.

Conclusion:
No need to continue with fantacy discussion of mine, Israel has USA on the back, Iran is far away, Israel is and will be safe :D
 
Iran's army has never fought an offensive operation In which logistics would present as much as a problem as would be expected In an israeli invasion. They would never get into Jorden.
 
In my opinion

Number 1 is Israel (Technology and Nuclear power)
Number 2 is Turkey(Military Training and Airforce Training)
Number 3 is Iran (Misille Power-For example Shahabs about 1300 km Range and their works on Nuclear Misilles)
 
Israel​
Population:6 336 thousand people. The military budget is 9 billion dollars (2001). The regular forces are 163 500 people. The reserve - 425 000 people, including land forces - 400 000, air force - 20 000, naval forces - 5 000. Militarized formations - 8 050 people, including frontier troops - 8 000. Recruitment for the army - draft. Hitch: service for a fixed period - 36 (men) and 21 (women) months. Mobilization resources - 1,5 million people, including 1,2 million able-bodied men.​

Land forces: 120 000 people. 3 territorial commands, the frontier troops command, 3 corps headquarters, 3 armoured divisions, 3 infantry frontier divisions, 2 headquarters of divisions, 4 motorized infantry brigades, 3 artillery rocket battalions. The reserve: 8 armoured and lift-off divisions, 10 infantry brigades.
Arms: more than 30 tactical rockets, 3 930 tanks (1 280 Mercava, 900 M60A1/3, 800 Centurion, 250 M48A5, 200 T-55, 100 T-62, 400 Maga-7), about 5 500 infantry fighting vehicles and armored troop carriers, 400 armoured reconnaissance vehicles, 520 105, 122, 130 and 155 mm towed ordnance, 855 105, 155, 175 and 203 mm self-propelled guns, more than 198 MLRS, 6 470 mortars (5 000 - 60 mm, 700 - 81 mm, 530 - 120 mm, 240 - 160 mm), 1 325 antitank missile systems, over 1 300 antiaircraft guns, 1 250 portable surface-to-air missile systems, 48 surface-to-air missile systems Chaparrel.
Air force: 36 000 people (20 000 in service for a fixed period, basically in air defence), 444 war-planes (250 mothballed), 137 combat helicopters. Tactical units and elements: 13 fighter and bomber air squadrons and air defence fighter squadrons, 1 tactical wing, 28 SAM batteries. Planes and helicopters: 98 F-15 (A, B, C, D and I), 237 F-16 (A, B, C and D), 70 F-4E, 10 RF-4E, 20 Kfir-H7 (120 mothballed), 6 Kfir-PC-2, 50 A-4N (130 more are mothballed), 14 Boeng 707, 5 KC-130H, 12 C-47, 24 C-130H, 3 IAI-200,6 RC-12D, 15 Do-28, 6 King R - 2000, 31 A1-11, 24 Sisken, 20 Cessna U-206, 2 Islander, 12 Queen R - 80, 80 CM- 170, 30 Super Cab, 36 AH-1F, 30 Hughs 500MD, 41 AH-64A, HH-65A, 8 AS-565, 40 CH-53D, 10 UH-60, 15 S-7QA, 54 Bell 212, 39 Bell 206. Pilotless vehicles: Scout, Pioneer, Seger, Firebee, Samson, Deline, Hunter Silver Arrow. Surface-to-air guided missiles: Hawk, Patriot, Chaparrel.

Naval forces: about 6 500 people (including 300 commandos and 2 500 in service for a fixed period), 3 submarines Dolphin, 3 corvettes Saar - 5, 10 missile boats (8 Saar - 4.5 and 2 Saar - 4), 28 patrol vessels (13 Super Dvora, 15 Dabur).




Turkey​




Population: 67 652 thousand people. The military budget - 5,1 billion dollars (2001). The regular forces are 515 100 people. The reserve - 378 700 people, including land forces - 258 700, air force - 65 000, naval forces - 55 000. Militarized formations - 152 200 people, including gendarmerie - 150 000, coastguard - 2 200. Recruitment for the army - draft. Hitch - 18 months. Mobilization resources - 18,2 million people, including 11 million able-bodied men.
Land forces: Land Forces Composition is, 4 field armies,10 army corps,2 mech. inf. divisions,2 mech. inf. divisions. HQs (TACTICAL),1 infantry divisions and 1 traninig,14 mechanized infantry brigades,14 armoured brigades,12 infantry/regional Sec. brigades,5 commando brigades,5 brigades
The Turkish Land Forces is organized into four field armies, logistics command and training and doctrine command
Arms: 4 205 tanks (including 397 Leopard-1), 650 infantry fighting vehicles, 3 643 armored troop carriers, 2 015 towed and 868 self-propelled field artillery guns, 84 MLRS, 2 021 mortars, 943 antitank missile systems, 1 664 antiaircraft guns, 897 portable surface-to-air missile systems (108 Stinger), 168 planes and 299 army-co-operation helicopters (37 attack helicopters), several pilotless vehicles.
Air force: 60 100 people (including 31 500 in service for a fixed period), 505 war-planes, combat helicopters are not available. Tactical units and elements: 11 fighter and bomber air squadrons, 7 air defence fighter squadrons, 2 reconnaissance air squadrons, 5 transport air squadrons, 3 training air squadrons, 6 SAM battalions. Planes and helicopters: 240 F-16 (C and D), 87 F-5B, 178 F-4 (E and F), 39 RF-4E, 13 C-130, 7 KC-135R, 19 C-160D, 2 Citation-7, 50 CN-235, 38 SF-260D, 34 T-33, 60 T-37, 70 T-38, 28 T-41, 20 HH-1H, 20 A3-532, 92 missile systems Nike-Hercules, 86 Rapier.
Naval forces: 53 000 people (including 34500 in service for a fixed period). Navy: 13 submarines (6 pr. 209/1200,4 pr. 209/1400, Gappi-2A/3, 2 Teng), 27 frigates with guided missiles (6 Oliver H. Perri, 7 Nox, 4 МЕКО 200, 4 modifications of МЕКО 200, 6 Barak), 1 frigate Pake, 21 missile boats (3 Kylych, 2 Yoldyz, 8 Dogan, 8 Kartal), 19 patrol vessels (3 Sultan Hisar, 3 Trabzon, 9 Turk, 4 PGM 71), 4 minelayers, 24 minesweepers (5 Chirke, 9 Adjutant, 6 Vegezak, 4 Cape), 7 tank landing ships (2 Terrebon Parish, 2 LST-512, 1 Osmangazi, 2 Saruchabei), 29 small storm-boats, more than 20 storm-boats, 1 reconnaissance ship, 2 training vessels, 2 hydrographic vessels.

Egypt

Population: 70 615 thousand people. The military budget is 2,1 billion dollars (2001). The regular forces are 443 000 people. The reserve makes 254 000 people, including land forces - 150 000, Air Forces - 20 000, naval forces - 14 000, Air defence - 70 000. Militarized formations - 325 000 people, including the central security forces - 250 000, National Guard - 60 000, frontier troops - 15 000, Coastguard - 2 000. Recruitment - draft. Hitch - from 18 to 36 months. Mobilization resources - 19,8 million people, including 14,1 million able-bodied men.
Land forces: 320 000 people, 4 military districts. 2 army headquarters, 4 tank and 8 mechanized divisions, 37 detached brigades (an armoured one of the republican guard, 1 lift-off, 1 airborne, 2 rocket, 4 armoured, 4 mechanized, 2 infantry, 15 artillery, lift-off), 2 commandos groups.
Arms: 9 operative tactical rockets, 12 tactical rockets, 3 860 tanks (including 555 M1A1 Abrams), 795 infantry fighting vehicles (including 310 YPR-765), 412 armoured reconnaissance vehicles, 4 308 armored troop carriers, 970 towed guns, 251 122 and 155 mm self-propelled guns (including 175 M109A2), 156 missile systems, 2 400 mortars, 2 350 antitank missile system (1 400 Malyutka, 220 Milan, 200 Swingfire, 530 Toy), 934 antiaircraft emplacements, 671 portable surface-to-air missile systems.
Air force: 30 000 people, 585 war-planes, 125 combat helicopters. Tactical elements: 7 fighter and bomber air squadrons, 21 air defence fighter squadrons, 2 reconnaissance air squadron, 4 helicopter squadrons, 1 training air squadron. Planes and helicopters: 42 Alpha Jet, 44 PRCJ-6, 29 F-4E, 78 Mirage-5 of modifications D, E, E2, SDR and SDD, 21 Mirage-2000 (C and D), 153 F-16 (A, B, C and D), 88 MiG-21, 53 PRC J-7, 54 EMB-312, 40 L-29, 48 L-39, 30 L-59, 19 C-130H, 5 E-2C, 74 SA-342 (K and L), 5 Sea King, 6 Bich-1900, 9 DHC-5D, Super King R, 4 Gulf Stream-3 and 4, 3 Falcon-20, 36 AH-64A, 29 Commando, 14 CH-47H, 40 Mi-8, 12 Mi-4, 17 UH-12E. Pilotless vehicles: 29 SCARAB. Air defence: 75000 people, 4 divisions: 40 SA-2, 53 SA-3, 14 SA-6. 12 SAM batteries Advanced Hawk, 12 SAM batteries Chaparrel, 14 SAM batteries Crotal.
Naval forces: 19000 (including 12000 in service for a fixed period), 4 submarines of pr.033, 1 destroyer of the Z type, 10 frigates with guided missiles (4 Oliver H. Perry, 2 Nox, 2 Desquberta, 2 Tszyanhu), 19 missile boats (4 pr.205, 6 Ramadan, 5 October, 4 Hegu), 18 patrol vessels (6 Shershen, 4 Shanghai-2, 8 Hainan), 3 small storm-boats pr.770, 9 storm-boats pr.106, 13 minesweepers (4 pr.254, 6 pr.266, 3 Swift-ship), 22 support vessels (8 tankers, 2 torpedo-boats, 1 presidential yacht, 6 towboats). Naval aircraft: 10 helicopters SH-2G (E). Coastguard: 2 000 people, 75 patrol boats.

Or choose who is the best according to these information.
 
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Sorry I forgot to add Iran

Iran
Population: 68 281 thousand person. The military budget is 9,1 billion dollars (2001). The regular forces are 513 000 people. The reserve (land forces) - 350 000 people. Militarized formations "Basig" (National guard) - 300 000 people. Recruitment for the army - draft. Hitch - 21 months. Mobilization resources - 17,1 million people, including 10,2 million able-bodied men.

Land armies: 325 000 people, 4 corps headquarters, 12 divisions (6 infantry, 4 armoured, special forces, commandos), several brigades (including 1 air, landing, tank, infantry, commandos), 5 artillery groups.

The corps "Islamic revolution guard": 12 5000 people, 17-20 divisions (including 10 infantry, 2 armoured, special forces and 5 mechanized), 15-20 detached brigades (4 artillery, 1 rocket, 1 SAM, 1 airborne, special forces, intercommunication, sappers, chemical defence, 1 1 infantry, 1 armoured, frontier and ideological units).

Arms of land forces and 'Islamic revolution guard': 17 operative tactical rockets, 40 tactical rockets, 1 565 tanks (157 M47/M48, 150 M60A1, 200 Chiften, 500 T-55 and T-59, 75 T-62, 480 T-72, 10 Zulfikar), 350 BMP-1, 400 BMP-2, 590 armored troop carriers (of them 250 M113), 35 armoured reconnaissance vehicles, 2 085 towed guns (calibres 105,122, 130, 152, 155 and 203,2 mm), 310 self-propelled guns (122, 155, 170, 175 and 203,2 mm). 890 MLRS, 5 000 mortars, 70 antitank missile systems, 1 700 antiaircraft emplacements, 580 helicopters (of them 85 combat AH-1J) and 77 planes.

Air force: 45000 people (including 15 000 in air defence), 307 war-planes, combat helicopters are not available. Tactical elements: 9 fighter and bomber air squadrons, 7 fighter air squadrons, 1 reconnaissance air squadron, 6 transport squadrons, 17 SAM battalions. Planes and helicopters: 60 F-4 (D and E), 60 F-5 (Е and F), 30 Su-24, 60 F-14, 32 F-7, 35 MiG-29, 8 RF-4E, 5 P-3F, RC-130, 15 Boeing - 707, Boeing 737, 9 Boeing 747F, 23 C-130 (Е, H, МР), 15 F-27, 4 Falcon-20, 10 PC-6B, 26 BICH-E-33A, 10 EMB-312, 45 PC-7, 7 T-33, 20 F-5B, 8 TV - 21, 4 TB-200, 2 AB-206A, 39 Bell 214H, 5 CH-47, 150 Hawk, 30 Rapier, 15 Tigercat, 45 HO-2J.

Naval forces: 43 000 people (including 25 000 in naval forces of "Islamic revolution guard"). Navy: 3 submarines pr.877 EKM, 3 small submarines, 3 frigates with guided missiles Alvand, 2 corvettes Bayandor, 20 missile boats (10 Combatant-3, 10 Hudong), more than 40 patrol boats, 13 storm-boats (including 6 tank landing ships), 6 air cushion boats, 3 minesweepers, 38 support vessels (including 3 tankers, 7 transports). Naval aircraft: about 2 000 people, planes - 9 (5 Do-228, 4 F-27), helicopters - 33 (10 AB-212, 14 ASH-3D, 9 RH-53D).

Marines: more than 2 600 people, 3 brigades. Rocket troops: 4 brigades.
 
SHERMAN!

Technology is not everything in the war!

Of-course, Israeli military is best in Middle East but it has not faced any formidable enemy yet!

Iran is also under-estimated!

It is a very big nation with large population.

IRAQ was better equipped then Iran but still the people of Iran managed to beat its forces down in the 8 years war!

Also IRAN military is better equipped and more experienced then before. 8 years of war has hardened their population very well. Plus the Ballistic Missiles of IRAN are much better then SCUD missiles. And Iranian military is manufacturing Shahab III's in large numbers!

Israel has big dis-advantage of small territory. And it is good for that nation that they don't share border with IRAN.

In an all out war, Israel will get gains in start but will eventually crumble by tough resistance of Iranians in a longer run and Israeli military will be pushed back to defensive positions. Also, the threat of Iranian Missiles is very big then compared to that of IRAQ in 1991.

You that what happened in Lebanon was not so good!

A well trained Hezbollah fought very well against Israeli military and they had to give up probably due to less funds.

And Lebanon is nothing compared to IRAN!

My suggestion is:

1) Israel (due to best military and Nuclear Weapons)
2) Iran (but can defeat any nation of Middle East)
3) Turkey
4) Egypt | Saudi Arabia
 
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How can you put Iran in second place? I think Turkey must be in second place. Because Iranian Army is nothin next to Turkish army without its long ranged misilles..
 
How can you put Iran in second place? I think Turkey must be in second place. Because Iranian Army is nothin next to Turkish army without its long ranged misilles..
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Yes,I think so too.
Iranian latest MBT is Zurufiqar tank.
ZULFIQAR.jpg

But in my opinion,this waight of this tank is too light,officially just 40ton.
Does Iran have hitechnology to create good Armour as M1A2 or Leo2?
Compared Iran,Turkish Tanks are well maintainnanced and Soldiers are well trained.

But,Iranian Nuke is JOKER.
It destroy balance of middle east.
 
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