Why does our military have to be bigger than China and India's combined?
It doesn't have to be and it isn't.
Active forces
1 - China - 2,255,000 2 - US - 1,473,900 3 - India - 1,414,000 4 - N Korea - 1,106,000 5 - Russia - 1,037,000
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Total forces
1 - Vietnam - 9,564,000 2 - China - 7,024,000 3 - North Korea - 5,995,000 4 - South Korea - 5,210,000 5 - India - 3,862,300 6 - Russia - 3,796,100 7 - US - 3,385,400 8 - Turkey - 2,442,700
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Tanks
1 - Russia - 22,800 2 - US - 7,851 3 - China - 7,580 4 - India - 5,000 5 - Turkey - 4,205
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We do have more fighter aircraft than China and India put together but not by much and not more than China and Russia combined. |