US NUMBER 1 IN VZGLYAD 2015 FIREPOWER RANKING

A US Navy Zumwalt-class stealth destroyer (image source: wikipedia.org.)

According to a report published on Jan.21 by online news website Vzglyad, top three of its latest global firepower ranking are US, Russia and China. United States topped the ranking, Russia in second place and China in third.

50 different factors in different fields were considered in ranking including the geographic and economic factors but note that nuclear capability is not taken into consideration as ranking factor.



                         UNITED STATES        RUSSIA      CHINA
aircraft                    13,682                     3,082          2,788
aircraft carrier            10                           1                  1
submarine                   72                         63                69



COUNTRY             RANK
United States              1
Russia                        2
China                         3
India                          4
United Kingdom          5
France                       6
Germany                    7
Turkey                       8
South Korea               9
Japan                       10