Military strength, as the name suggests, is the ability of the army to fight in a war, which involves a country's military strategy, military policy, military equipment and logistical support.

From the point of view of the current military power, the United States belongs to the first, Russia is the second, China is the third, France is the fourth, the United Kingdom is the fifth, such as Japan, India, Germany, South Korea and so on can not enter the top five. Especially India, looking quite a big country, military spending is also quite high, on the military power or a little worse.

The United States is still the global hegemony, relying on the dollar economy to support its huge military research and development and expenditure, military strength far beyond the ranking of Russia, sitting first chair. The U.S. military spending in fiscal year 2020 was $738 billion, followed by a minimum of 15 countries in fiscal year 2020 military spending to reach the U.S. military spending as much as the sum of the country.

The U.S. military operational capabilities, the United States has 11 aircraft carrier battle groups, also has hundreds of military bases overseas, its strategy is a global strike strategy. By deploying carrier strike groups through overseas military bases, deploying bombers such as B-2, B-1B and B-52 for deterrence, and also deploying stealthy fifth-generation aircraft such as F-22 and F-35, this scale of deployment, there are not many countries around the globe that can withstand a U.S. military attack.

These are also visible weaponry, there are some invisible and intangible electronic and electromagnetic weapons, cyberspace weapons, space weapons, etc., the United States in these weapons are likewise unique. The United States of America's global military operations and strike capacity, as well as global intelligence collection, reconnaissance, search and detection capabilities, all make the United States deserved to top the global military first throne.

Russia is the second largest military power after the U.S., although there are many people who sing the praises of Russia's military power and believe that China has surpassed Russia to become the world's second, which is a complete misunderstanding. Just Russia suffered from the collapse of the Soviet Union, suffered from the United States and other Western countries sanctions, suffered from its own economic development, resulting in a serious lack of financial support for Russia's military development. So much so that its military spending fell out of the world's top five, directly affecting Russia's military development.

In spite of this, Russia is still the biggest rival of the U.S. military. In terms of nuclear weapons, only Russia's whopping 6,500 nuclear warheads can be compared to the U.S.'s 6,185. Secondly, only Russia's global mobility can come closest to the U.S. for a bit. Russia's warships, warplanes, strategic transport planes, strategic bombers, overseas military bases, nuclear submarines, electronic and electromagnetic warfare capabilities, cyberspace and space strike capabilities are by far the most likely to challenge the United States.

Russia's unique hypersonic weapons, such as the Dagger, Zircon and Vanguard missiles, are a nightmare for the U.S. military. There are also "Haiyan" nuclear-powered cruise missiles, "Poseidon" nuclear-powered torpedoes, and so on, together with the Russian tactical missiles, these are the counterbalance to the United States of America. There is also the S-400 air defense missile system and the S-500 air-to-air defense system, all of which can counter the U.S. military threat. So, Russia is deservedly the global number two in terms of military.

And China is pursuing an autonomous and defensive military policy, and is less concerned about building global military operational capabilities. Although China's defense budget for 2020 reaches $178.2 billion, the second largest in the world, it is only trying to make up for some of its historical weapons arrears. These include advanced early warning aircraft of various types, advanced military aircraft such as J-20 and Yun-20, and various advanced ships including the Shandong aircraft carrier 075 amphibious assault ship, 055 and 052D destroyers, and so on. The introduction of these weapons and equipment and service troops, but also just make up for some of the shortcomings of the troops, do have the ability to defend themselves.

To carry out global military operations, it is still a little too weak. There is a lack of strategic bombers, a lack of overseas military bases, and a similar lack of overseas combat capability. The country also relies on Russian technical support for its national missile defense, early warning and anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as engines for its military aircraft. Overall, in recent years, China's military power has had to take a back seat to Russia.

Fourth and fifth place, that is very controversial, the focus of the controversy is the military strength of India and Japan, some argue that should be in the world's fourth and fifth place. In fact, this is entirely too overestimated India and Japan, underestimated France and Britain.

First of all, nuclear weapons and overseas military operations capabilities, India and Japan are far inferior to France and Britain. France is the second largest possessor of overseas military bases besides the US, has the most military bases in Africa, and has been strengthening its military control in these former colonies and overseas territories. France's nuclear submarines, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, Rafale fighters, etc. are enough for France to hold on to the fourth largest military position in the world. Even if India's military spending exceeds France's it doesn't change this fact.

And the UK is even more severely underestimated and even seen as a declining nation. Even so, the United Kingdom is still declining but not willing to fall, its more than a dozen overseas military bases, the latest two medium-sized Queen Elizabeth-class conventional aircraft carriers, carrying F-35 carrier aircraft, as well as the Rafale fighters, nuclear submarines, as well as nuclear weapons, so that it is still the world's oldest five militarily. As for India and Japan to squeeze into the global top five still need to work harder to build their own military weaponry, build their global military operational capabilities and global influence.

The global military power ranking top five, not rely on a moment of economic development can be or the purchase of weapons can enter, which involves all aspects of the overall development, including economic development, research and development of weapons and equipment, personnel training and so on. From this point of view, the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom deservedly is the world's top five military powers, this ranking is also more objective.