With the advent of war between the European country Ukraine and Russia, the world is now taking it as an important lesson for standing against their enemies nations. The juncture between these countries has made the world estimate its military firepower. Counties like Russia is not happy with the activity of NATO around its border. Since then Russia has been doing several military exercises in the Norwegian Sea, in the month of November.
Additionally, we have several conflicts between the large as well as small nations in the world. For example, in past months we have seen a significant surge in the conflicts between India and China in the Himalayan border region. Whereas the aggression of China toward the Philippines has also been in the news with the extreme provocation being done by the side of china.
The military firepower is the part of rampant military exercises done by several countries to display their might. On the other side nation like Russia is disturbed by being NATO in their neighbor.
The Top 10 powerful militaries of Europe give us an idea of the size and potential of nations’ military capacities. Whereas it also reflects the offensive and defensive capacity of the countries of Europe. Here are the top 10 militaries of Europe given in the list below –
10. Ukraine
Global ranking of Ukraine – 29
Power Index rating: 0.5383
Total population: 44,033,874
Total military personnel: 1,182,000
Total military aircraft strength: 240
Jet Fighter aircraft: 39
Battle Combat tanks: 2,214
Overall naval assets: 25
Total Defense budget: $4.88 billion
9. Greece
Global ranking of Greece – 28
Power Index rating: 10,768,477
Total population: 10,768,477
Total military personnel: 413,750
Total military aircraft strength: 567
Jet Fighter aircraft: 189
Battle Combat tanks: 1345
Overall naval assets: 115
Total Defense budget: $6.54 billion
8. Poland
Global ranking of Poland – 27
Power Index rating: 0.4276
Total population: 38,476,269
Total military personnel: 184,650
Total military aircraft strength: 466
Jet Fighter aircraft: 99
Battle Combat tanks: 106,5
Overall naval assets: 83
Total Defense budget: $9.37 billion
7. Spain
Global ranking of Spain – 27
Power Index rating: 0.4789
Total population: 48,958,159
Total military personnel: 174,400
Total military aircraft strength: 524
Jet Fighter aircraft: 122
Battle Combat tanks: 330
Overall naval assets: 48
Total Defense budget: $12 billion
6. Italy
Global ranking of Italy – 11
Power Index rating: 0.2500
Total population: 62,137,802
Total military personnel: 267,500
Total military aircraft strength: 828
Jet Fighter aircraft: 92
Battle Combat tanks: 200
Overall naval assets: 143
Total Defense budget: $38 billion
5. Germany
Global ranking of Italy – 10
Power Index rating: 0.2461
Total population: 80,594,017
Total military personnel: 208,604
Total military aircraft strength: 714
Jet Fighter aircraft: 100
Battle Combat tanks: 450
Overall naval assets: 81
Total Defense budget: $46 billion
4. Turkey
Global ranking of Turkey – 9
Power Index rating: 0.2216
Total population of Turkey : 80,845,815
Total military personnel: 700,801
Total military aircraft strength: 1100
Jet Fighter aircraft: 200
Battle Combat tanks: 2540
Overall naval assets: 195
Total Defense budget: $10 billion
3. United kingdom
Global ranking of United kingdom – 6
Power Index rating: 0.1200
Total population of Turkey : 64,800,000
Total military personnel: 280300
Total military aircraft strength: 832
Jet Fighter aircraft: 103
Battle Combat tanks: 230
Overall naval assets: 76
Total Defense budget: $50 billion
2. France
Global ranking of France – 5
Power Index rating: 0.1870
Total population of Turkey : 67,106,161
Total military personnel: 388635
Total military aircraft strength: 1200
Jet Fighter aircraft: 406
Battle Combat tanks: 410
Overall naval assets: 118
Total Defense budget – $40 billion
1. Russia
Global ranking of Russia – 1
Power Index rating: 0.84100
Total population of Turkey : 142,257,519
Total military personnel: 3,586,130
Total military aircraft strength: 4000
Jet Fighter aircraft: 820
Battle Combat tanks: 20,500
Overall naval assets: 350
Total Defense budget: $50 billion
From this list, we can clearly see that Russia is at the top position in terms of military might in Europe. The ranking indicates the size of army personnel, battle tanks, naval fleet, airforce power, etc. additionally the overall budget of the military is also considered to calculate the overall military strength. In this way we can conclude our List of Top 10 Powerful militaries of Europe.