The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain. It is a sovereign country in north-western Europe. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Its costal area giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. . The total area of the United Kingdom is 94,000 square miles (240,000 Sq.km).
According to it's military capabilities it holds the 8th position in Global Militia ranking.
The British Armed Forces known as Her Majesty's Armed Forces .The British armed forces played a key role in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. British Armed Forces consist of Royal Navy , British Army, Royal Air Force. The Commander-in-Chief is the British monarch. British Armed Forces is one of the five permanent of UN Security Council and hold VATO power. IT is also a regular member of NATO and Allied Rapid Reaction Corps.
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Overview
Category | Values | Global Ranking |
Power index | 0.1997 | --- |
Total military personnel | 275,000 | --- |
Active personnel | 195,000 | 27/139 |
Reserve personnel | 80,000 | 35/139 |
Defense budget | 56,042,000,000 USD | 5/139 |
Army
Tanks | 109 | 77/139 |
Armored fighting vehicles | 5,500 | 18/139 |
Self-propelled artilleries | 89 | 37/139 |
Towed artilleries | 126 | 54/139 |
Rocket artilleries | 35 | 48/139 |
Navy
Total naval crafts | 88 | 27/139 |
Aircraft carriers | 2 | 2/139 |
Destroyers | 6 | 8/139 |
Frigates | 13 | 5/139 |
Corvettes | 0 | 139/139 |
Submarines | 11 | 10/139 |
Patrol crafts | 25 | 33/139 |
Mine crafts | 13 | 7/139 |
Air Force
Total aircrafts | 738 | 15/139 |
Fighter | 119 | 20/139 |
Attack | 15 | 27/139 |
Transport | 45 | 20/139 |
Trainers | 244 | 10/139 |
Special-missions | 30 | 9/139 |
Helicopters | 269 | 14/139 |
Attack helicopters | 38 | 17/139 |
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.
- 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.
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