List of countries by level of military equipment

This is a list of countries by level of military equipment, including naval ships, fighter aircraft and nuclear weapons. This list is indicative only, as strict comparisons cannot accurately be made.

List

States marked 'TC' are widely considered technologically capable of wielding, operating or developing nuclear weapons, however are signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and are not known to possess any at the current moment. Japan, South Korea and Poland are generally considered de facto nuclear states due to their believed ability to wield nuclear weapons within 1 to 3 years. South Africa produced six nuclear weapons in the 1980s, but dismantled them in the early 1990s. South Africa signed the NPT in 1991.

Combat aircraft by country

Figures sourced from the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Flightglobal.com, unless otherwise noted.

Rank	Country	Fighters	Bombers	Attack	Total	Sources
1	United States	5,209	162	343	5,714
2	Russia	862	181	548	1,591
3	China	922	160	276	1,358
4	India	646		227	873
5	North Korea	484	40	154	678
6	Pakistan	447		136	583
7	Egypt	338		26	496
8	South Korea	468			488
9	Israel	426			426
10	Japan	380			380

Figures sourced from the Lowy Institute

Rank	Country	Navy VLS Cells	Sources
1	United States	9,620
2	People's Republic of China	4,328
3	Russia	1,672
4	Japan	1,448
5	South Korea	896
6	India	696
7	United Kingdom	544
8	Singapore	384
9	Italy	304
10	France	304
11	Spain	240
12	Australia	208
13	Canada	192