https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp
The top 4 militaries will stay the same for Decades will change positions in ranking (atleast the next 30 years) The top four will trade positions.
United States-
Hear's a paragraph, I got from a defense forum which I'm a member.
"Not just aircraft. Ships too.
The USN has been getting rid of 'old' ships and submarines like crazy over the past decade or two. Because of their 'new construction' fixation they run down their legacy fleet (OHPs, Spruance, etc) by working them hard and deferring planned maintenance. The gap in their force structure resulting from these antics justifies more new construction, more DDGs/SSNs. Often these retirements happened when there was a decade or more remaining on the hull, if it was looked after.
Problem is, you cause a death spiral since you can't afford to replace legacy kit 1-for-1 given the extreme cost of new hardware and the fact the shipbuilding budget can't fit everything in the numbers required (new CVNs, new DDGs, new SSNs, new SSBNs).
Same for the USAF, really. No way can they replace all of what they dreamt about with the F-35A. Think about it, the A-10 with its low running costs, the F-16 with its fairly low running costs - both replaced en masse with the F-35A with its stratospheric running costs. The USAF O&M budget won't accommodate it all, even if they could somehow afford to buy the new jets in the numbers they projected.
The wet dream of an 'all stealth force' is like a mirage that the USAF has been chasing ever deeper into the desert. They never stopped to ask 'does this make sense anymore?'
It sure as hell doesn't make sense for Toyota-plinking in the desert in a COIN setting. MQ-1/9 are more than adequate for that mission."
China-
The Chinese economy is not going to collapse. Both United States and China's Total Debt is well above 300% of GDP ( U.S. Most Debt is Public and Personal, the rest is Corporate Debt) (China Most Debt is Coporate, the rest is moderate Public and Personal Debt)
It somes up the U.S. problems of keeps up China. China is biggest shipbuilding nation in the world. South Korea and Japan business strategies focused on more technological ships. They left the rest to China, but the Chinese Shipyards are winning orders from all segments of shipbuilding industry.
http://www.navyrecognition.com/inde...er-full-details-on-plan-s-first-type-055.html
Russia-
Russia inherited 70% of the Soviet Union's military industry. The Russia defense indutry is massive and spread through the country. (PAK-FA will be manfactured in the Russian Far East.) Russia has some big defense weapons manufacturing facilites the Aviastar-Sp factory is on the scale of the Boeing Everett plant. The military weapons pocurement program will cost hundreds of billions of dollars. State owned companies, Rosneft an Gazprom declosed reserves today are worth well in excess $20 Trillion dollars. Navalny wants cut the Russian Military by half. The Russian Armed Forces, Defence ministry, state and private companies combined empoly millions of Russian citizens. Putin is cut back defense spending some, and increasing funding to social programs.
https://meduza.io/en/short/2017/12/13/a-quick-summary-of-alexey-navalny-s-presidential-campaign
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-ru...-cjsc-aviastar-sp-is-a-russian-148384374.html
India-
India will be the top the world in economic growth for the foreseeable future. Defense spending is increasing and defense industry is being built. India should easily have the third most powerful navy in the world by 2030.
The top 4 militaries will stay the same for Decades will change positions in ranking (atleast the next 30 years) The top four will trade positions.
United States-
Hear's a paragraph, I got from a defense forum which I'm a member.
"Not just aircraft. Ships too.
The USN has been getting rid of 'old' ships and submarines like crazy over the past decade or two. Because of their 'new construction' fixation they run down their legacy fleet (OHPs, Spruance, etc) by working them hard and deferring planned maintenance. The gap in their force structure resulting from these antics justifies more new construction, more DDGs/SSNs. Often these retirements happened when there was a decade or more remaining on the hull, if it was looked after.
Problem is, you cause a death spiral since you can't afford to replace legacy kit 1-for-1 given the extreme cost of new hardware and the fact the shipbuilding budget can't fit everything in the numbers required (new CVNs, new DDGs, new SSNs, new SSBNs).
Same for the USAF, really. No way can they replace all of what they dreamt about with the F-35A. Think about it, the A-10 with its low running costs, the F-16 with its fairly low running costs - both replaced en masse with the F-35A with its stratospheric running costs. The USAF O&M budget won't accommodate it all, even if they could somehow afford to buy the new jets in the numbers they projected.
The wet dream of an 'all stealth force' is like a mirage that the USAF has been chasing ever deeper into the desert. They never stopped to ask 'does this make sense anymore?'
It sure as hell doesn't make sense for Toyota-plinking in the desert in a COIN setting. MQ-1/9 are more than adequate for that mission."
China-
The Chinese economy is not going to collapse. Both United States and China's Total Debt is well above 300% of GDP ( U.S. Most Debt is Public and Personal, the rest is Corporate Debt) (China Most Debt is Coporate, the rest is moderate Public and Personal Debt)
It somes up the U.S. problems of keeps up China. China is biggest shipbuilding nation in the world. South Korea and Japan business strategies focused on more technological ships. They left the rest to China, but the Chinese Shipyards are winning orders from all segments of shipbuilding industry.
http://www.navyrecognition.com/inde...er-full-details-on-plan-s-first-type-055.html
Russia-
Russia inherited 70% of the Soviet Union's military industry. The Russia defense indutry is massive and spread through the country. (PAK-FA will be manfactured in the Russian Far East.) Russia has some big defense weapons manufacturing facilites the Aviastar-Sp factory is on the scale of the Boeing Everett plant. The military weapons pocurement program will cost hundreds of billions of dollars. State owned companies, Rosneft an Gazprom declosed reserves today are worth well in excess $20 Trillion dollars. Navalny wants cut the Russian Military by half. The Russian Armed Forces, Defence ministry, state and private companies combined empoly millions of Russian citizens. Putin is cut back defense spending some, and increasing funding to social programs.
https://meduza.io/en/short/2017/12/13/a-quick-summary-of-alexey-navalny-s-presidential-campaign
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-ru...-cjsc-aviastar-sp-is-a-russian-148384374.html
India-
India will be the top the world in economic growth for the foreseeable future. Defense spending is increasing and defense industry is being built. India should easily have the third most powerful navy in the world by 2030.
