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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
"The Middle East Military Balance: Definition, Regional Developments and Trends" (PDF). Center for Strategic and International Studies. Center for Strategic and International Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2005.
As military forces around the world are constantly changing in size, no definitive list can ever be compiled. All of the 172 countries listed here, especially those with the highest number of total soldiers such as the two Koreas and Vietnam , include a large number of paramilitaries, civilians and policemen in their reserve personnel.
The military challenge in Africa is huge in the post-Cold War era. It is a continent covering some 22% of the world's land area, has an estimated population of some 800 million, is governed by 53 different states, and is made up of hundreds of different ethnicities and languages.
South Africa South African Army: 1912; 112 years ago () South Ossetia South Ossetia Army: 1992; 32 years ago () South Sudan South Sudan Army: 2017; 7 years ago () Spain Spanish Army: 1492; 532 years ago () Ejército de Tierra Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Army: 1881; 143 years ago ()
High-ranking military officials from the U.S. and its top African allies watched intently as dust and flames shot up from pieces of the Sahara Desert hit by tank and artillery fire. The practice ...
The following lists are of countries by military spending as a share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the 15 countries with the highest share in recent years. The first list uses the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute as a source, while the second list gets its data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies .
Military aviation in Africa (10 C, 28 P) * Peacekeeping missions and operations involving the African Union (5 C, 15 P) Military hospitals in Africa (1 C, 4 P) A.