Which country currently has the more powerful military?

" @Pr_Beyonder: Imagine if the European Union develops a unified army. "

" @capall said:

" i would think russia still has a slight edge but it won't be long untill china eventually closes the gap "

Yeah. Especially since China is only second to the US in terms of military spending. By the way, how does the Canadian military compare to Australia's? Powerful? "

" Doesn't China get much of its military technology and weapons from Russia? I don't know. It is hard to compare. Russia, I am sure, is trying to keep its military advanced as well. Good points were mentioned here, though. "

America

" @TheSheepHerder said:

" @Edamame said:

" Doesn't China get much of its military technology and weapons from Russia? I don't know. It is hard to compare. Russia, I am sure, is trying to keep its military advanced as well. Good points were mentioned here, though. "

Yup, they do. They got (In the Air Force) Su-27s and Su-30s but IMO that won't match up to a whole arsenal of Fighting Falcons, Strike Eagles and Hornets. The PLAAF needs to upgrade its Air Force if it wants to compete with the USAF and others. I don't know about their land forces though, but it is probably as formidable as the U.S. To answer your question, the U.S is possibly the most powerful, Russia is right behind and China would be in third place. "

The Chinese air force is mostly composed of MIGs, right? I never heard of "Su" planes. May I ask what they are? Does it stand for "Soviet Union"? China has a very large army.  I think that the Chinese army consists of four million soldiers in total, while the Russian army consists of twenty-one million soldiers.  Are those statistics correct? I think that it is hard to say whether or not Russian military technology is superior to Chinese military technology.  "
 

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Russia would win in a war against China. Don't just look at sheer numbers. The US invaded Iraq, which was one of the largest militarys in the world at the time, and overpowered them within a week.
 
Russia controls a vast majority of the natural gas and energy that flows into Europe. That was one of the major reasons for the Georgia conflict, the UN planned on building a gas pipeline so as to avoid dealing with Russia. China starves for natural resources. You can have 50 billion tanks, but if you don't have enough oil for all of them they are useless.
 
Here's a fun fact, just look at bomber planes. Add all of the world's bomber planes in the world except for the US's. China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, ect. Then multiply that by ten and then maybe you will come close to the number the US has.

" @Waffle Fries said:

" Russia would win in a war against China. Don't just look at sheer numbers. The US invaded Iraq, which was one of the largest militarys in the world at the time, and overpowered them within a week.   Russia controls a vast majority of the natural gas and energy that flows into Europe. That was one of the major reasons for the Georgia conflict, the UN planned on building a gas pipeline so as to avoid dealing with Russia. China starves for natural resources. You can have 50 billion tanks, but if you don't have enough oil for all of them they are useless.  Here's a fun fact, just look at bomber planes. Add all of the world's bomber planes in the world except for the US's. China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, ect. Then multiply that by ten and then maybe you will come close to the number the US has. "

Well, military technology often comes into play. I question whether or not China's military technology is superior to Russia's. I mean, China has been buying military technology, weapons and etc. from Russia, right? However, China now has the second largest economy in the world, with the second highest military spending budget, right behind the U.S. Therefore, I can't ascertain the truth here.     Numbers do count sometimes. In World War II, Germany's military technology was superior to Russia's, yet they failed to get past Stalingrad. However, the cold may have been the reason, but still. Russia had more soldiers to spare than Germany did.  "

" @Waffle Fries said:

" Russia would win in a war against China. Don't just look at sheer numbers. The US invaded Iraq, which was one of the largest militarys in the world at the time, and overpowered them within a week.   Russia controls a vast majority of the natural gas and energy that flows into Europe. That was one of the major reasons for the Georgia conflict, the UN planned on building a gas pipeline so as to avoid dealing with Russia. China starves for natural resources. You can have 50 billion tanks, but if you don't have enough oil for all of them they are useless.  Here's a fun fact, just look at bomber planes. Add all of the world's bomber planes in the world except for the US's. China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, ect. Then multiply that by ten and then maybe you will come close to the number the US has. "

Well, military technology often comes into play. I question whether or not China's military technology is superior to Russia's. I mean, China has been buying military technology, weapons and etc. from Russia, right? However, China now has the second largest economy in the world, with the second highest military spending budget, right behind the U.S. Therefore, I can't ascertain the truth here.     Numbers do count sometimes. In World War II, Germany's military technology was superior to Russia's, yet they failed to get past Stalingrad. However, the cold may have been the reason, but still. Russia had more soldiers to spare than Germany did.  "

Uh, isn't it obvious?

"America"

Most powerful military? Probably Russia although China is definitely a force to be reckoned with.

" @ComicMan24 said:

" Most powerful military? Probably Russia although China is definitely a force to be reckoned with. "

I'm having major difficulties determining which of the two has the superior military technology/weapons. The numbers (number of soldiers, etc.) are made quite clear, though. "

Actually China is now militarily and economically more powerful than Russia. But United States is still the most powerful militarily and economically.

North Korea! Kim is an unstoppable one man army.

US is the most powerfull ofc and im thinking its about raw military combat power. Because many things can be considered as military power such as economy domination, media and stuff like that. Now military obvs US is the most powerfull in terms of battle combat. Russia second place but Russia has stronger nuclear potential and missiles. So it really doesnt matter who has either of those countries could destroy each other and doesnt matter who invades who defends, which ever country invades its surely end of the modern era and step into new stone age. So it doesnt really matter who is more powerfull those countries are so powerfull that it doesnt really matter who is a bit superior than the other.

China is pretty close aswell

Easter island

That's not Canada, you're an impostor.

There are many factors to be considered.

Canada's #2. Have you seen Easter island's military? It's lit.

Ever checked out globalfirepower.com

Which is exactly what i meant. Man power, air power, Naval power etc.