How accurate are these rankings?

[Ziggy1977]

they are total crap. they just count numbers.

we all know 100 T34s can't beat 10 M1A2 Sep tanks. but their rankings doesn't go into depth.

My conventional warfare Top 5 rankings. No Nukes, no SF.

1. USA
Joint Command, R&D, Training, Forward bases, combat experience, Huge military spending, annual maneuver exercises from Div down to team levels and so much more. worlds only real Global power. Alliances also are joint command and training. Sheer Size. it a 24 hour full spectrum warfare force. it fights better at night then it does during the day. it Logistical support network is by far it biggest.

Air Fleet (Air Force, Navy, Marine Corp, Army)
379 Advance Fighters (F35 & F22), 782 Modern Fighters (F18E/F & F15E), 1725 Capable Fighters (F15C/D, F16A-D & F18A-D) = 2886 Fighters
378 Ground attack Jets (AV-8B & A10C)
157 Bombers (B1-B, B2 & B52H)
131 AEW/C2 planes, 134 Satellites, over 5000 UAVs, 358 Fueler planes, 450 Transport planes (Large/Medium).

Navy/ USCG
Major Warships
11 Aircraft Carriers Nuclear (CVN), 12 Amphibious Assault Ships (LHA/LHD), 23 Guided Missile Cruisers (CG), 64 Guided Missile Destroyers (DDG), 11 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS/FFH).

Minor Warships (Navy, Army, USCG)
98 large Patrol Ships (PC), 11 Mines warfare Ships (MWS), 37 Amphibious Ships (LCC, LPD, LSD & LST), 315 Landing Crafts (LC), 283 Support ships (Sup)

Subs
49 Guided Missle Submarines Nuclear (SSGN), 5 Nuclear Attack Submarines (SSN).

364 Anti Submarine Warfare Jets & Copters (ASW)


Ground Forces (Army, Marines)
16 Armored, 13 Stryker/Mech, 24 Infantry, 5 Airborne, 3 Air Assault, 9 Amphibious BCT/Regts= 70 Maneuver BDEs
16 Field Artillery, 10 MRL, 24 CABs, 8 ADA BDEs = 58 Combat Support BDEs
56 Logistic, 9 MI, 15 Engineer, 5 Signal, 1 Cyber, 13 MP, 2 CBRN, 12 Medical, 5 Transport, 4 Avn & 2 EOD BDEs = 108 Combat Serves Support BDEs

2300 Advance (M1A2 Sep) & 1220 Modern (M1A1SA) Tanks = 3520 Tanks
4595 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV)
947 SP Field Artillery, 2151 Towed Field Artillery & 640 MLRS/MRL = 3738 Total
793 Attack Copters (AH64D/E & AH1W/Z)
1500 Troop transport copters





2. NATO (Without USA)
(see US comments above. but a little less)

Air Fleet
60 Advance Fighters (F35), 551 Modern Fighters (Typhoon, JAS39 & Rafale), 1217 Capable Fighters (F16A-D, F18A-D, Mirage2000 & MiG29) = 1994 Fighters
239 Ground attack Jets (AV-8B, Tornado & A9.1)
24 AEW/C2 planes, 38 Satellites, over 1000 UAVs, 59 Fueler planes, 323 Transport planes (Large/Medium).

Navies
Major Warships
1 Aircraft Carriers Nuclear (CVN), 1 Aircraft Carriers (CV), 2 Aircraft Carriers Light (CVH), 9 Amphibious Assault Ships (LHA/LHD), 52 Guided Missile Destroyers (DDG), 2 Destroyers (DD), 99 Guided Missile Frigates (FFG) & 4 Frigates (FF).

Minor Warships
30 Corvettes (Cor), 255 large Patrol Ships (PC), 186 Mines warfare Ships (MWS), 27 Amphibious Ships (LPD, LSD, LSM & LST), 188 Landing Crafts (LC), 373 Support ships (Sup)

Subs
12 Nuclear Attack Submarines (SSN) & 61 Diesel Attack Submarines (SSK)

370 Anti Submarine Warfare Jets & Copters (ASW)

Ground Forces (Army & Marines)
27 Armored, 88 Mech, 49 Infantry, 6 Airborne, 6 Air Assault, 5 Amphibious BDEs = 181 Maneuver BDEs
25 Field Artillery, 2 MRL, 11 CABs, 12 ADA BDEs = 50 Combat Support BDEs
23 Logistic, 4 MI, 15 Engineer, 12 Signal, 4 EW, 3 MP, 3 CBRN, 3 Medical & 1 EOD BDEs = 68 Combat Serves Support BDEs

890 Advance (Leopard 2A6/7, LeClerc & Challenger 2) & 1374 Modern (Leopard 2, C1), 2470 Capable (Leopard 1, M60A3, T72 & PT91), 517 Poor (M60 & TR88), 1688 Hopeless (M48 & T55) Tanks = 6939 Tanks
7560 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV)
2912 SP Field Artillery, 2929 Towed Field Artillery & 941 MLRS/MRL = 6772 Total
408 Attack & Scout Copters (AH64, AH1, Tigre, Mi24, AW129, Gazelles, OH58)
1515 Troop Transport copters




3. China
They are robust Defense spending and policy of quality over Quantity is starting to pay off. they made really good advances in their Navy & Air Force. But they still lack Alliances and top end Tech. They also have created a Joint level commands. the lack of ability to really project real combat power farther then it region is telling. They still use way to much mod Russian equipment. China is Blocked in on all sides. and their Forces are still best for Defense only.

Air Fleet
20 Advance Fighters (J20), 14 Modern Fighters (SU35), 842 Capable Fighters (SU30, SU27, J11, J15, J10 & J16), 700 Hopeless (J7 & J8) fighters = 1576 Fighters
360 Ground attack Jets (JH7, Q7)
189 Bombers (old)
15 AEW/C2 planes, 77 Satellites, over 2000 UAVs, 13 Fuelers planes, 67Transport planes (Large/Medium).

Navies
Major Warships
2 Aircraft Carriers (CV), 27 Guided Missile Destroyers (DDG) & 61 Guided Missile Frigates (FFG).

Minor Warships
37 Corvettes (Cor), 139 large Patrol Ships (PC), 42 Mines warfare Ships (MWS), 57 Amphibious Ships (LPD, LSM & LST), 235 Landing Crafts (LC), 204 Support ships (Sup)

Subs
9 Nuclear Attack Submarines (SSN) & 48 Diesel Attack Submarines (SSK)

48 Anti Submarine Warfare Jets & Copters (ASW)

Ground Forces (Army & Marines)
29 Armored, 29 Mech, 97 Infantry, 6 Airborne, 2 Air Assault, 6 Amphibious BDEs = 169 Maneuver BDEs
67 Field Artillery, 13 CABs, 48 ADA BDEs = 118 Combat Support BDEs
22 Logistic, 27 Engineer, 12 Signal, 2 EW, & 16 CBRN = 79 Combat Serves Support BDEs

3390 Capable (ZTZ99 & ZTZ98), 300 Poor (ZTZ96), 3773 Hopeless (all it older models) Tanks = 7463 Tanks
4290 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV)
2360 SP Field Artillery, 6194 Towed Field Artillery & 1926 MLRS/MRL = 10480 Total
246 Attack & Scout Copters (Z19 & Z10)
153 Troop Transport copters



4. Russia
Russia's Military is smoke and mirrors. more Bark then Bite. Their spending for a force of it size is terrible. they got a lot of aging equipment for both it navy and army. their pilots don't fly enough. and their real combat experiences the last 30 years has not been good. neither at the low, middle or higher level. they couldn't get air dominance vs Georgia even though Georgia had no Air Force. Their logistics was almost broken by the missions in Ukraine, Crimea & Syria. corruption is still a major issue. Their Fleet & ability to ship build is rotting away. Their Forces are clearly defensive in nature. thus why they have poured so much into Cyber warfare. Who knows what will happen when Putin dies or has a stoke.


Air Fleet
70 Modern Fighters (SU35 & SU34), 640 Capable Fighters (SU30, SU27, MiG29, MiG31 & SU33) = 710 Fighters
397 Ground attack Jets (SU24 & SU25)
139 Bombers (old)
28 AEW/C2 planes, 99 Satellites, over 1000 UAVs, 15 Fuelers planes, 178 Transport planes (Large/Medium).

Navies
Major Warships
1 Aircraft Carriers (CV), 2 Battle Cruiser Nuclear (BC), 3 Guided Missile Cruisers (CG), 15 Guided Missile Destroyers (DDG) & 13 Guided Missile Frigates (FFG).

Minor Warships
48 Corvettes (Cor), 21 large Patrol Ships (PC), 43 Mines warfare Ships (MWS), 19 Amphibious Ships (LSM & LST), 28 Landing Crafts (LC), 265 Support ships (Sup)

Subs
9 Guided Missile Submarines Nuclear (SSGN), 17 Nuclear Attack Submarines (SSN) & 28 Diesel Attack Submarines (SSK)

127 Anti Submarine Warfare Jets & Copters (ASW)

Ground Forces (Army & Marines)
9 Armored, 54 Mech, 3 Recon, 3 Machine Gun, 7 Airborne, 5 Air Assault, 6 Amphibious BDEs = 87 Maneuver BDEs
22 Field Artillery, 4 MRL, 11 SSM & 15 ADA BDEs = 52 Combat Support BDEs
10 Logistic, 4 Engineer, 1 Signal, 2 EW, 10 Transport & 15 CBRN = 42 Combat Serves Support BDEs

100 Advance (T14), 350 Modern (T90), 2740 Capable (T80 & T72) = 3190 Tanks
7381 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV)
2259 SP Field Artillery, 400 Towed Field Artillery 156 SSM & 862 MLRS/MRL = 3677 Total
484 Attack & Scout Copters (Mi24, Mi35, KA52 & Mi28)
133 Troop Transport copters



5. Japan
Their war fighting ability is pretty modern. They got a well trained military. They got a great blend of Tech. They also have the ability to grow really fast. Because they spend a tiny part of their GDP on Defense and they have a nice size home grown Defense/Aerospace Industry. They also have a well defined C2. The Navy is world class. But they do lack Amphibious abilities. Now their laws hamper their military abilities a lot. more then anything else. They also have some outdated equipment. Their alliances and joint training help sharpen a deadly force. What they lack in size they make up in Ability. But this is Clearly a Defense force.

Air Fleet
20 Advance Fighters (F35), 42 Modern Fighters (F15E), 235 Capable Fighters (F15C/D & F2) & 66 Poor (F4) = 371 Fighters
17 AEW/C2 planes, 8 Satellites, over 500 UAVs, 6 Fueler planes, 16 Transport planes (Large/Medium).

Navy/ USCG
Major Warships
4 Aircraft Carriers Light (CVL), 3 Amphibious Assault Ships (LHA/LHD), 2 Guided Missile Cruisers (CG), 32 Guided Missile Destroyers (DDG), 9 Guided Missile Frigates (FFG).

Minor Warships
100 large Patrol Ships (PC), 26 Mines warfare Ships (MWS), 8 Landing Crafts (LC), 38 Support ships (Sup)

Subs
19 Diesel Attack Submarines (SSK)

161 Anti Submarine Warfare Jets & Copters (ASW)

Ground Forces
4 Armored, 8 Mech, 23 Infantry, 1 Airborne, 1 Air Assault BDEs= 37 Maneuver BDEs
9 Field Artillery, 3 CABs, 3 ADA BDEs = 15 Combat Support BDEs
14 Logistic, 5 Engineer, 1 Signal & 1 MP BDEs = 21 Combat Serves Support BDEs

100 Advance (Typ10) & 341 Modern (Typ90) & 283 Poor (Typ74) Tanks = 724 Tanks
294 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV)
172 SP Field Artillery, 398 Towed Field Artillery & 99 MLRS/MRL = 669 Total
148 Attack Copters (AH64 & AH1)
69 Troop transport copters