The specialists of the Business Insider magazine was accurate chart of the strongest armies of 35 countries of the world, on the first place in the list are the US, Russia is on the second line, leading by the number of tanks and nuclear warheads. Military and economic experts periodically determine the global index military power (Global Firepower Index), which is one of the most objective and accounts for more than 50 different indicators, reports the RT. When compiling Global Firepower Index not only is scrupulous calculation of tanks, aircraft and naval vessels, but also take into account the number of personnel of the army and its reserve, the level of payment the military sphere, transport infrastructure of the country, oil, size of the public debt, and even the length of the coastline - all factors that can affect the fighting capacity of the national army. Just chart GFP is considered 106 countries. The first 3 lines, according to the latter, the April version of the rating is occupied by the United States, Russia and China. Business Insider, relying on publicly available data GFP, led comparison of indicators 35 the first countries in the rating. Own index take into account the 7 factors: the size of the army, the number of tanks, aircraft, nuclear warheads, aircraft carriers, submarines, and the total military budget. The resulting list also by the USA, Russia and China, Ukraine 21, and closes the chart of the DPRK - this country is ahead of all the number of submarines.
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