World's most powerful militaries ranked - with UK behind Russia, India and France

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Russia has the second most powerful military in the world, the 2022 military strength ranking has revealed. In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, there has been a large interest in the military force as concerns increase over the likeness of World War Three.

As conflict between Russia and Ukraine unfolds, the list shows which countries have the strongest militaries, according to figures released from Global Firepower.The annual defence review of 140 countries has spilled the beans on the highest and lowest power rankings, with the United States coming out on top, with Russia following closely behind.According to the list, the data is constructed from “over 50 individual factors to determine a given nation’s PowerIndex score with categories ranging from military might and financials to logistical capability and geography.”The US have been listed first place with a power index score of 0.0453, which is no surprise seeing as they have a huge defence budget of of $700 billion as of 2020, reports HITC.comRussia has been given a score of 0.0501 and is thought to have around 900,000 active military personnel.China’s military force has an estimated 2 million active military personnel and is recognised for its manpower.

They came in at third place.Britain lagged behind India and France, with the United Kingdom being ranked in 8th place on the list.Brazil just about made the top ten, while Ukraine failed to even reach the top 20 countries, with a ranking of 22nd place.Russia launched a full-scale invasion on Ukraine, with explosions heard across major cities with hundreds of casualties reported on Thursday (February 24).President Vladmir Putin issued a warning to Ukraine's allies and said those who try to interfere with his.