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The number of military personnel in the reserve forces that are not normally kept under arms, whose role is to be available to mobilize when necessary. The number of personnel in paramilitary forces: armed units that are not considered part of a nation's formal military forces. The total number of active, reserve, and paramilitary personnel.
The PLA is the world's largest military force (not including paramilitary or reserve forces) and has the second largest defence budget in the world. China's military expenditure was US$296 billion in 2023, accounting for 12 percent of the world's defence expenditures.
List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel; List of countries without armed forces; List of militaries that recruit foreigners; List of armies by country; List of navies; List of air forces; List of gendarmeries; List of space forces, units, and formations; List of military special forces units; List of active rebel groups
Rank Country Global Militarization Index (GMI) Military Expenditure Index Score People Index Score Heavy Weapons Index Score 1 Ukraine 335: 5.11: 1.29: 1.75
Central African Ground Forces: 1960; 65 years ago () French: Armée de Terre Chad Chadian Ground Forces: 1960; 65 years ago () French: Armée de terre tchadienne Chile Chilean Army: 1810; 215 years ago () Spanish: Ejército de Chile China (PRC) People's Liberation Army Ground Force: 1927; 98 years ago ()
Equipment of the United States Armed Forces. currently active United States military missiles; List of currently active United States military land vehicles; List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces; Uniforms of the United States Armed Forces; Equipment of the United States Army; Equipment of the United States Marine Corps
Countries with United States military bases and facilities. The U.S. military maintains hundreds of military installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases in 55 countries and territories, as of July 2024). Some American bases are also NATO-led with forces from multiple countries.
Founded on mainland China, the ROC Air Force on Taiwan received U.S. military assistance in the Cold War, including over 400 aircraft, which were mostly fighters. [65] Beginning in 1954 with the F-86 Saber, [72] by the late 1980s the ROCAF's fighter force also had the F-100 Super Saber, the F-104 Starfighter, and Northrop F-5. [73]