This list of the top militaries in the world makes no sense.

 

Most powerful militaries in the world.

1. 🇺🇸 United States
2. 🇷🇺 Russia
3. 🇨🇳 China
4. 🇮🇳 India
5. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
6. 🇰🇷 South Korea
7. 🇵🇰 Pakistan
8. 🇯🇵 Japan
9. 🇫🇷 France
10. 🇮🇹 Italy
11. 🇹🇷 Turkey
12. 🇧🇷 Brazil
13. 🇮🇩 Indonesia
14. 🇪🇬 Egypt
15. 🇺🇦 Ukraine
16. 🇦🇺 Australia…

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) July 9, 2023

Everyone seems to be focusing on Russia being rated 2. I'd rank them 3. But its because China's rise cannot be denied. As far as ranking them in the top 3? Seems like commonsense. Everyone (including me) has the current war between Russia & Ukraine as a fight between Russia & Ukraine. That just ain't true. If it was a fight between Russia and Ukraine and ONLY them then this would have been over long ago. Instead its a fight between Russia vs Ukraine, the US, NATO, Australia, Japan, S. Korea and basically every Western aligned nation. As for the rest of it? Head scratching stuff. How is the UK rated ahead of France? How is Turkey NOT in the top 10? How is Poland ranked below Australia? This thing makes no sense.