What country has the world's strongest military?
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The question was not the "largest"... the asker's question was "strongest".\n\nBy this I can only assume they mean "most devastating in its capability" or "most effective when engaged" and that they do not mean "the military that can lift the most weight".\n\nAnswer: The United States of America has the 'strongest' military. Here's why:\n- Firepower: The U.S. possseses and controls the largest amount of destructive explosives on the planet. Bullets, dynamite, gunpowder, C-4, fuel bombs, napalm and nuclear, just to name a few types.\n- Weapons delivery: The U.S. has the most accurate, well maintained, highe-tech, widely deployed and well-run firepower delivery system on Earth. Gun barrel accuracy, naval, air, land delivery systems - all highly maintained to very stringent standards.\n- Intelligence: Despite all the joke we could make about this word and the military, the fact remains that no country has the technical and human intelligence and intelligence processing capabilities as the U.S. The NSA alone has a budget bigger than India's gross national product in 2004. Satellites, command and control, phone, internet, private internets, video communications, data encrpyion, data de-cryption, diversified Human spy assets, global corporate data, data mining, etc., etc., etc.\n- Money: no military in the world is as well funded, consistently well funded, as the U.S. Military is.\n\nIf this is the best answer, please vote it the best answer. Thanks!
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Switzerland, but they've always kept well out of any military involvement. The don't even have much of a standing army, but every man is trained in the use of guns, and guerilla tactics.\nThe US will go the way of all empires, the bad thing about this, from a European perspective, is that they probably will drag us down with them. It is not really wealth that destroys a nation, but relentless expansionism, as the US has practised ever since its founding.
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Monaco it's defense is don by France, Andorra and Lichtenstein\n\nAll the other country's that are already named here have a army \nSwitzerland, Luxembourg , Vatican ( they have the Swiss Gard witch is a army force )
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Largest and strongest are not the same thing.\n\nIraq used to have one of the largest, and it was well equipped but frankly it was simply crap when it came to it.\n\nThe U.S has the largest and probably strongest, but after that it becomes hazy.\n\nChina has a massive airforce but the quality of the aircraft is not up to that of the U.S.\n\nRussia still has a large airforce but cannot afford to fly it (seriously).\n\nIran has a large airforce including Iraqs airforce which it stole after they hid there in Gulf War one.\n\nFrance has a large airforce, probably all aimed at the UK.\n\nIsrael, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and India all have large airforces, but only Israel and Saudi have up to date airframe models.\n\nThe UK has a tiny airforce, which is probably smaller in total than that allocated to the U.S marines.
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It's a good question.  I think the US has the most advanced and powerful military in the world, so it is possible that it will remain the superpower for a long time unless enough countries band together to take it on politically, economically, or even physically.  I think the general feeling in the world is that the US is getting too big for its britches, but nobody is doing anything about it except the terrorists.
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the United States is the world's only superpower.  it outspends all other countries COMBINED on its military/defense.  it may be that soon, it will be rivalled as the world's strongest economy, but when it comes to military might, the U.S. has no competitors even close to it.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_nuclear_weapons
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The US is by far, number one in almost every way. Number two is where the real debate is. You could argue China because of shear numbers if nothing else. Russia still has a formidible defense, although their technology is way behind. Britain could make a good arguement for being number two, especially since their navy is top notch. Israel probably has the second best air force (and in some ways their air force may be the most technologically advanced).
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China has by far the most numerous forces, and as proven in Korea they make up for lack of technology by rigid discipline and force of numbers. Most of their technology however is licenced Russian technology and the reality of that is that with the exception of the AK 47 is isnt really very spectacular.\n\nRussia still maintains large forces but particulalry since the collapse of the USSR it is badly paid, badly equipped and therefore badly motivated. It is unlikley that they could sustain significant  military action either economically or politcally now.\n\nIndia has a massive army also, and has good training and due to its row with Pakistan keeps itself ready for war. The Indian professional soldier (as part of the British Army) has always fought with courage and distinction (with the exception of a few incidents of changing sides against the Japanese due to the activities of the Indian Nationalist Movement). Equipment wise however they exist of second and third hand Russian and Chinese stuff as they spend most of their defence budget on Nukes which they point at Pakistan.\n\nFrance maintains the largest armed forces in Europe and has based its defence policy since World War two on having an independent capability from NATO of which it is not a member. Its well equipped and has good technology (France was the only western nation to supply military equipment to Iraq, despite the rhetoric from people). Its military is also positioned around the globe as France remains a colonial power.\n\nLasly my very own United Kingdom (England is one of four countries which make up the UK). We have a tiny military force compared the the others you mention. Our airforce has less planes in total than the specialist support aircraft in the US Marine Corps alone. Our entire army would fit into a soccer stadium, and the last time we had to mount a martime invasion of anywhere we had to "borrow" the QE2 cruise liner, several car ferries, and container ships because our Navy hasnt got enough ships.\n\nOur SA80 rifles are made of plastic and fall apart in the sand (although the new ones are better), we sent troops to Iraq sharing one set of body armour between two as there were not enough, and our battlefield radios don't work.  \n\nOur Eurofighter is brilliant but five years and a billion dollars behind schedule, and the Harrier jump jet is still amazing but being phased out due to cost.\n\nDespite all of that on the positive side the British armed forces are absolutely first class at what they do and have proven themselves in battle against superior odds again and again. Falklands, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Iraq, Oman, Malaya, Borneo, Afghanistan etc, and from a special forces perspective the SAS and SBS are something to be proud of.\n\nThe British armed forces, hawe been designed to perform a key role alongside the U.S and our European allies as part of NATO, and to be a fast reaction force for crisis around the world. They are no longer scaled to have a one on one war with anyone.
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I don't know whether the U.S. has the best Army in the world.  What I do know is there is no Army from any sophisticated Western nation that knows how to fight in an urban/guerrilla enviornment.
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Korea\nVietnam\nDomnican Republic\nIraq\n\nThis site has a list of operations by the US Armed Forces before and after WW II:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_actions_by_or_within_the_United_States
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Militarily, it is, without a doubt, the USA. Capability, force projection, unparallelled. Intelligent, motivated, skilled and well-trained volunteer servicemembers. Top notch weapons technology.\n\nAnd yes, I'm from USA. But that doesn't change the answer.
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IT SEEMS ITS A TIE BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA, AS THE MANPOWER IS TOO MUCH HERE, THESE TWO COUNTRIES ARE UTILISING THEIR GREATEST DISADVANTAGE (OVER POPULATION) TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. \nMANPOWER AND TECHNOLOGY WISE THESE COUNTRIES ARE RIGHT ON TOP NOW,\nWELL BUT STILL TIME WILL TELL , WE CANT PREDICT ANYTHING EXACTLY
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Yes, but not a very good one. When was the last time they won a shooting war without the help of the Soviet Union, Britain and Australia? I know about Grenada; I mean against a real army.
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U.S.A., France\n\nNot- Horth Korea, Cuba
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rankng based for a succes of last rhree years: 1 Cuba 2 Serbia and Montenegro 3 Italy 4 Netherland 5 Checz republic 6 Russia 7 USA 8 Hungary 9 Brazil 10 France
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Russia, China, Iraq, Iran,maybe Pakistan, & North Korea. Mostely communist countries