It’s followed by Russia and China in Global Firepower’s 2024 ranking of 145 countries across the world. Also at the top of the list are India, South Korea, England, Japan, Turkey, Pakistan, and Italy.

The evaluation is based on over 60 individual factors, including quantity and variety of weapons, natural resources, industrial capacity, workforce, financial stability, logistics, and geographical considerations.

The rankings only evaluate the conventional fighting capacity and do not take into account nuclear capability, military training and education, and intelligence.