Dmand:

I looked through a few rankings of militaries in the world and got these results.

Done by intelligence agencies from America, Europe, Asia.

1. USA
2. China
3. Germany
4. India
5. France
6. Russia
7. UK
8. Italy
9. Israel
10. Pakistan

Most money spent

United States  
Japan  
United Kingdom  
France 
China  
Germany 
Saudi Arabia  
Italy  
Iran  
South Korea  

Largest army

# China – 2,840,000

United States – 1,431,000
# Russia – 1,200,000
# India – 1,145,000
# North Korea 1,055,000

Sorry kobun i even looked for the UN report but i could not find it. These are all official rankings. The first one is from the CIA and the equivalents in european and asian countries. Not only is america not 7th but it is first in all except size.

My commission and assignment to the Centre for Strategic Studies has been pending since '95, so, it is entirely possible that I may have gotten a bit behind on my literature.

Therefore, my intel may be out of date, but......

What year are these reports from?

From what specific agencies?

And, lastly, where did you find these reports?

Later.