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Top Ten Powerful Army in the World

The United States
The United States

I doubt that the United States is the single most powerful Country in world, based on our national debt, our failing educational system, a volunteer Armed Services of the most highly motivated young men and women now subjected to troop reductions, and military pay.

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RUSSIA
RUSSIA

Russia has the most powerful army in the world, but we are not initiating the creation of any additional factions in the West or any other direction," Shvytkin said, according to Russia's state-run RIA Novosti.

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CHINA
CHINA

The Global Firepower ranked the world’s most powerful countries in term of army strength. They examined the defense forces of 106 countries in order to compile the rankings, taking into account manpower, land systems, air power, naval power, resources, logistics, finances and geography covered.

INDIA
INDIA

Ranking of Most Powerful Militaries in The World The Global Firepower ranked the world’s most powerful countries in term of army strength. They examined the defense forces of 106 countries in order to compile the rankings, taking into account manpower, land systems, air power, naval power, resources, logistics, finances and geography covered.

The United Kingdom
The United Kingdom

The United Kingdom also scores highly in the Chinese ranking system called ‘Comprehensive National Power’, this is a putative measure, important in the contemporary political thought of the People’s Republic of China, of the general power of a nation-state.

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FRANCE
FRANCE

France Military Strength: 5th Strongest army in the world. France has been able to put its vast military resources to good use through actions in Syria, Libya, Mali, and against ISIS.

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GERMANY
GERMANY

The Global Firepower ranked the world’s most powerful countries in term of army strength. They examined the defense forces of 106 countries in order to compile the rankings, taking into account manpower, land systems, air power, naval power, resources, logistics, finances and geography covered.

TURKEY
TURKEY

8. Turkey. Military Strength of Turkey: Turkey joins China and India in attempting to become a large scale military supplier through several high profile ongoing development programs. Turkey, the most powerful Muslim country in the world has the 8th most powerful military. Current military capabilities and available firepower for the nation of Turkey.

THE UK
THE UK

Second most powerful based on alot more than military capabilities, keep in mind this not saying second most powerful military as we all know while we would fit in the top 10 2 would be pushing it. The uk does have a massive global reach far beyond its military, culture language law and more plus close ties with a wide selection on countries all over the planet.

1 British SAS
1 British SAS

SAS are the most highly trained unit in the world, there is no doubt about this. They were created by Colonel David Sterling during world war 2 for 1 purpose to destroy the Nazi war machine. All special forces base their training off the SAS training.

8 US Rangers
8 US Rangers

The United States Army Rangers are designated U.S. Army Ranger units, past or present, ... COL Arthur D. Simons - Army Ranger in World War II; ...

3 Russian Spetsnaz
3 Russian Spetsnaz

As Spetsnaz is a Russian term, it is typically associated with the special forces units of Russia; but other post-Soviet states often refer to their special forces by the term as well since they inherited their special purpose units from the now-defunct Soviet security agencies.

4 U.S Green Berets
4 U.S Green Berets

What's the difference between Green Berets and Navy SEALs? Navy SEALs and Army Special Forces (Green Berets) are elite U.S. armed forces units. There is some overlap in the kinds of missions they carry out but there are important differences between the two.

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5 The Delta Force
5 The Delta Force

First, let's look at the Delta Force. While made popular in pop culture via Chuck Norris in a 1986 movie, this real, yet clandestine special operations unit spawned from the U.S. Army is so secret that the U.S. government doesn't officially acknowledge its existence.

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6 Shayetet 13
6 Shayetet 13

Shayetet 13 (Hebrew: שייטת 13 ‎, lit. Flotilla 13) is the elite naval commando unit of the Israeli Navy. The unit is considered one of the primary Special Forces units elite units of the Israel Defense Forces (along with Sayeret Matkal and Shaldag Unit).

7 Pakistan Special Service Group (SSG)
7 Pakistan Special Service Group (SSG)

Pakistan’s elite special forces unit, army’s Special Services Group (SSG) has been listed as the best special forces group, ahead of units such as the US Navy SEALs and the British Special Air Service group. The list, by Business Insider Australia ranked Pakistani commandos as the best of the nine top elite forces from around the world.

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