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Military Statistics Website
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:38 am
by 36drew
http://www.nationmaster.com/cat/mil-military
I learnt some interesting things about North/South Korea and the United States on here.
Re: Military Statistics Website
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:15 am
by deadhanddan
interesting find drew , i checked armed forces personnel and saw that china had 2.8+ million - by far the most and is double of what the u.s.a. is , but when i checked air force personnel i see that china isn't even listed in the top 50. weird i must say
Re: Military Statistics Website
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:26 pm
by I__CHAOS__I
interesting stats, but I wonder how reliable & up to date they are.
Re: Military Statistics Website
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:28 pm
by Blackadderthe4th
Interesting site but I'm not sure that these stats are at all reliable. For instance it says the UK has 52,000 RAF personnel but no planes to fly.......
Re: Military Statistics Website
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:47 pm
by Kaiser_von_Nuben
I am particular concerned by the expansion of Equitorial Guinea's military strength. It currently fields an army of 1,000 men.
Re: Military Statistics Website
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:53 pm
by Palehorse
Blackadderthe4th wrote:
52,000 RAF personnel but no planes to fly.......
They're all super stealth invisble planes. 8O
Try this instead:
http://idr.janes.com/public/idr/index.shtml
Re: Military Statistics Website
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:44 am
by dragonshinobi
wow china outnumbers us 2-1 8O
y do u need an army of 1 million ppl nowadays? :neutral:
any war started would wipe out at least half the planet :mad:
Re: Military Statistics Website
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:07 am
by Tubruk
[quote=""Kaiser_von_Nuben""]I am particular concerned by the expansion of Equitorial Guinea's military strength. It currently fields an army of 1,000 men.[/quote]
lol the estate i live on could have a larger army xD
(4,000 people)
Re: Military Statistics Website
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:09 am
by Tubruk
and yeah that information is about 9 years old =/
Re: Military Statistics Website
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:11 am
by I__CHAOS__I
here's a similar page from wiki:
LINK
the amount of paramilitary troops in Iran is nuts
N-Korea has 4.7 mil reserve troops 8O and 25% of its population are troops...
Vietnam has the second largest total troop-size, no wonder nobody could ever defeat em