The authors of the publication Business Insider ranked the strongest 25 European armies, and Russia has once again topped his. The ratings also factor in the number of armed forces personnel, number of arms and equipment, as well as other factors, such as: geography, logistics, natural and industrial resources, Developed countries in general and other.
As the newspaper writes, Russia, is the first line of the strongest armies in Europe ranking, It has armed forces that are more 3,5 million soldiers. In addition to the RF Armed Forces 20,3 thousand. tanks, nearly 4 thousand. aircraft, and the defense budget is about $47 billion. On the second place is France with the defense budget 40 billion. dollars, 388,6 thousands of troops, 406 tanks and 1,2 thousand. aircraft. In third place is the UK with a bigger military budget 50 billion. dollars, but with 279,2 thousand. military, 832 aircraft and 227 tanks. Next, in descending order 4 by 9 place was taken by the army following countries: Turkey, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland and Greece.
On 10 place the drafters of the strongest armies in Europe rankings have positioned Ukraine with the defense budget 4,88 billion, and with Army 1,1 million personnel. In addition, Ukraine has 2,2 thousand. tanks and 240 military aircraft, of which 29 fighters. Ukrainian media have already responded to this good news, stated, that the Ukrainian army is stronger is located on 9 place Greece in the number of tanks and personnel, but loses in the number of aircraft and defense budget.
places 11 to 24 Army took the following countries (in decreasing order): Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Netherlands, Romania, Belarus, Denmark, Hungary, Finland, Bulgaria, Austria, Slovakia and Portugal. at the last, 25 place is Belgium, having a defense budget 5 billion. dollars, nearly 39 thousand. military, 164 aircraft and a single tank.
