Japan

Japan is group of some island of East Asia located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is 11th most populous country in the world. Japan's technology is in very high grade. Though it is a land of Earth quake and tsunami it has a highly rich culture.

 

According to it's military capabilities it holds the 5th position in  Global Militia ranking

Military Status

Japan is 2nd Highest ranked Asian country in Global peace index. Japan has a huge Military Budget. In world japan has the 5th most strong armed forces. For the advance technology of Japan the Military is highly ranked.

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Overview 

Category	Values	Global Ranking
Power index	0.1599	---
Total military personnel	305,000	---
Active personnel	250,000	23/139
Reserve personnel	55,000	38/139
Defense budget	$51,700,000,000 USD	6/139

 

Army 

Tanks	1,004	23/139
Armored fighting vehicles	5,500	18/139
Self-propelled artilleries	214	26/139
Towed artilleries	480	23/139
Rocket artilleries	99	33/139

 

Navy 

Total naval crafts	155	19/139
Aircraft carriers	0	139/139
Destroyers	37	2/139
Frigates	0	139/139
Corvettes	6	11/139
Submarines	20	7/139
Patrol crafts	6	51/139
Mine crafts	21	4/139

 

Air Force 

Total aircrafts	1,480	6/139
Fighter	256	11/139
Attack	17	25/139
Transport	61	12/139
Trainers	427	4/139
Special-missions	162	2/139
Helicopters	552	6/139
Attack helicopters	119	4/139

 

Important:

• Power index is the aggregated value of the total factors considered in the ranking.

• Active personnel is the number of the military personnel who are always ready to fight.

• Reserve personnel is the number of additional part of a military who may be called on important situations.

• Defense Budget is the annual military expenditure.

• Tanks are the heavily armed fighting vehicles.

• Armored Fighting Vehicles are the armed vehicles used by the Army.

• Self Propelled Artillery is the artillery that can move towards it's target through it's own propulsion.

• Towed artillery is the artillery that is towed behind other vehicles and carried to the spot.

• Rocket Artillery is the artillery that launches multiple rockets at a time.

• Total Naval Crafts is the total naval craft strength of a military.

• Aircraft carriers is the naval craft that carries the aircrafts to the ocean and used as a floating runway.

• Destroyers are the fast and heavily armed naval ships.

• Frigates usually protects other big warships or merchant ships.

• Corvettes are small and fast warships used for coastal patrolling.

• Submarines are the naval crafts that can perform underwater operations.

• Patrol crafts are those naval crafts that are used protect the coastal boundaries.

• Mine crafts detonates the hidden mines to protect other warships.

•  Total aircrafts is the strength of aircrafts that are present in a military.

• Fighter aircraft is a high speed aircraft used mainly for air to air combat.

• Attack aircrafts perform attacks against strong low level aircrafts.

• Transport aircrafts are used to transport troops, weapons and also used in relief missions.

• Trainer aircrafts are used to train new pilots.

• Special mission aircrafts are used to perform special tasks.

• Helicopters are generally used to carry the troops.

• Attack helicopters are used to fight with the enemy infantry and vehicles.

Other Rankings:

• Active Personnel
• Reserve Personnel
• Defense Budget
• Tanks
• Armored Fighting Vehicles
• Self-Propelled Artillery
• Towed Artillery
• Rocket Artillery
• Total Naval Crafts
• Aircraft Carrier
• Destroyers
• Frigate
• Corvette
• Submarine
• Patrol-Craft
• Mine-Craft
• Total Aircraft
• Fighter
• Attack
• Transport
• Trainers
• Special-Mission
• Helicopter
• Attack-Helicopter