Iran launched an unprecedented attack on Israel in response to the attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria earlier this month. After the drone and missile attack from Iranian soil for the first time targeting Israel, there is now extreme tension between the two countries. In this incident, the eyes of the whole world, including the Middle East, are now on the Iran-Israel situation. The world is also concerned about what will be Israel's response to the Iranian attack. Everyone is worried about the war between the two countries. Because if we compare in terms of capabilities, it can be seen that both countries are quite strong in terms of military.
According to Global Firepower statistics, Iran is three steps ahead of Israel in terms of military capabilities.
However, both countries are ranked among the top twenty militarily powerful countries in the world. Iran ranks 14th and Israel ranks 17th among the top countries in terms of military capabilities. Iran is ahead of Israel in terms of the number of troops.
Comparison of military power
Both Iran and Israel spend a lot of money on defense. However, Israel's annual military budget is more than double that of Iran. Israel's defense budget is $244 billion. On the other hand, Iran's budget is 995 million dollars. Among the 145 countries in this ranking, Iran is in the 33rd position and Israel is in the 19th position. Israel's budget is higher than Iran's in the defense sector.
regular soldier
According to Global Fire Power, Iran has more troops than Israel. Iran has a regular army of 11 lakh 80 thousand while Israel has 6 lakh 70 thousand soldiers. Among them, Iran has 350,000 reserve troops and Israel has 465,000 reserve troops.
fighter plane
Iran has a total of 551 military aircraft and Israel has 612. Among them, Iran has 186 warplanes and Israel has 241 warplanes. Iran has 23 attack aircraft while Israel has 39. Iran has 86 transport aircraft and Israel has 12. Iran has 102 training aircraft and Israel has 155. Israel has more attack helicopters than Iran.
helicopter
According to Global Firepower statistics, Iran has 129 helicopters and Israel has 146. Israel is stronger than Iran with 48 attack helicopters. The number of attack helicopters in Iran is 13.
Tanks and armored vehicles
According to Global Firepower, Iran is ahead of Israel in terms of tanks and armored vehicles. Israel has 1370 tanks and Iran has 1996. Iran has 65 thousand 765 armored vehicles and Israel has 43 thousand 403.
Apart from this, Iran is leading in terms of artillery capability, where their number of rocket artillery MLRS is 775 and the number of self-propelled artillery is 580. On the other hand, from this side of Israel, the number of Sefal propelled artillery is 650 and the number of MLRS or rocket artillery is 150. Iran is ahead in terms of the number of tanks.
naval power
According to Global Firepower, Iran is leading in terms of naval power. The country has 101 warships including 7 frigates and 21 patrol vessels while Israel has 67 warships. Of these, there are 45 patrol vessels and no Israeli frigates. Iran is also strong in terms of submarines. The country has 19 submarines while Israel has 5 submarines.
Nuclear power
According to the latest data from Sweden-based research organization Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), at the beginning of last year, nine countries in the world possessed about 12,512 nuclear weapons.
The countries are - USA, Russia, UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel.
Iran has never officially possessed nuclear weapons on this list. But the United States and the European Union have repeatedly claimed over the past few years that Iran is using its uranium stockpile to develop nuclear weapons. Iran claims its nuclear program is peaceful.
Meanwhile, Global Firepower did not mention in its report how many such weapons are in possession of any country. The agency says it did not take nuclear weapons capabilities into account in its report.
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