All-out war might be the best way to know which military power around the world is the strongest, hopefully, we won’t need to find out. However, how does one really know how powerful a certain country’s military is? Number of soldiers? Technology? Allocated budget? Sources like The Credit Suisse Report, Global Fire Power, and Nation Master, have given us the means to rank the different armies around the word with high level of accuracy.You might be surprised with these.
Peru
Peru’s military is considerably large for a country with only 30 million people. It has 100,000 active employees and a reserve of 268,000 people willing to serve at a short notice. Peru also possesses an active air force which comprises attack helicopters, air support, fighter jets and other attack aircrafts. Its ground support includes armored fighting vehicles, self-propelled artillery with rocket projectors, towed support and 300 combat tanks. Peru’s navy is smaller than the others which includes six submarines, patrol crafts, frigates, and corvettes. As to its yearly budget, it’s somewhere above $820 million.