10 Most Powerful Countries in the World by Military

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9. Germany

GDP (2022): $4.08 trillion

Defense Spending (2022): $55.8 billion

Manpower: 184,000

Tanks: 266

Nuclear Weapons: 0

Military Aircraft, including Fighter Jets: 617

Naval Assets: 80

Military Satellites: 7

Overseas Military Bases (countries): 0

Active Airports: 539

Score: 4.18

Germany is a major power in Europe. The government is currently increasing its defense expenditure in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and plans to expand its active manpower by an additional 20,000 new troops. The German parliament, in 2022, approved a $107 billion fund to upgrade military hardware and technology, and it is expected that a major chunk of it would go into acquiring F-35 fighter jets and CH-47F Chinook helicopters.

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