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Strongest Militaries in the World 2022

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The most powerful militaries in the world,  updated July, 2022:

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6. South Korea

As an overview - South Korea is a state-of-the-art and well equipped army for today and is considered in 6th place, even though the size of the force is small in comparison to other countries.

Current Manpower
- Population - 51,835,110
- Active Military Personnel - 600,000
- Reserve Personnel - 3,100,000
- Fit for Service - 21,252,395
- Reaching Military Age Annually - 425,048

Army (Land Forces)
- Tanks - 2600
- Armoured Vehicles - 14100
- Self Propelled Artillery - 3040
- Towed Artillery - 3854
- Rocket Projectors - 574

Air Force
- Total Aircraft Strength - 1581
- Fighters/Interceptors - 402
- Dedicated Attack - 74
- Transports - 41
- Trainers - 296
- Special Missions - 30
- Tanker Fleet - 4
- Helicopters - 734
- Attack Helicopters - 112

Navy
- Total Assets - 234
- Aircraft Carrier - 0
- Helicopter Carrier - 1
- Destroyers - 12
- Frigates - 14
- Corvettes - 12
- Submarines - 22
- Patrol vessels - 26
- Mine Warfare - 11

Financial Defence Spending

- Defence Budget - $48,000,000,000 USD
- Foreign Exchange/Gold $389,200,000,000 USD
- Purchasing Power Parity - $2,100,000,000,000 USD