The size of a country's military strength depends on the number of troops, including armed forces, weapons and equipment, as well as its territorial area, economic capacity, scientific and technological strength and experience and lessons from historical operations.
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The first is to see how many troops you have. This is not a military secret. The number of troops announced by China's land, sea and air plus the Second Artillery Corps should be 2.3 million, but it has to be reduced by 200,000, because the Central Military Commission announced a disarmament of 200,000 last year. If nothing happens, in the near future, China's army will be 265,438+10,000. The number of 265,438+10,000 is actually the first in the world, and the second and third places are all around 654,380+10,000. The north, which we are most familiar with, is close to the Soviet Union, and now it has become Russia and 16 independent countries. Russia's territory is170,000 square kilometers, and its number of soldiers is only 830,000-almost the number of soldiers that Cao Cao set fire to Chibi. Russia will continue to disarm to 700,000. Therefore, in terms of military resources, China is a well-deserved "boss".
The second is to look at weapons and equipment. China's best shot in the world should be nuclear weapons. The United States and Russia have the largest number of nuclear weapons, because they desperately enriched their nuclear arsenals during the Cold War. According to statistics, the Soviet Union has 80,000 nuclear warheads and the United States has 60,000. After years of disarmament after the Cold War, the current number of nuclear warheads in the two countries is about 65,438+200,000. But the last few thousand dollars is enough. Because the number of nuclear warheads is not as large as possible, you have to use them, keep them and spend money. So how many nuclear warheads does China have? This is the top national defense secret. There is a big gap with the outside estimate, which is generally estimated at 500 to thousands. Why is the gap so big? This is not surprising, because there are different sources of information, analytical methods and positions. At present, besides the United States and Russia, there are more than 10000 pieces. Among the top five UN organizations, Britain and France have about 300. Because both countries have nuclear strategy regulations, that is, "300 yuan is enough."
Apart from military resources and nuclear weapons, what is the level of China's armed forces? According to public information, in recent years, the Air Force has imported and purchased a large number of production technologies and patents for Russian aircraft manufacturing. From the perspective of the whole world, all countries and regions have three or four hundred advanced fighters, except the United States. But there seems to be a tradition in China. It is said that Nie Rongzhen, an old marshal, has a wish that all the planes we once owned should not be scrapped. Maybe Nie Shuai accepted the experience of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War, which means that the war probably won't happen overnight. Well, if 400 or 500 of your best fighters have been knocked out, it may not be too late to produce such great fighters, then these second-rate and third-rate fighters you have saved are better than none. So storing thousands of fighters is also a deterrent.
When it comes to the navy, China's main ships are estimated to be forty or fifty, that is, frigates and guided missile destroyers, or buy one or two Russian guided missile cruise ships. As for underwater submarines, China seems to be the third largest country in the world after the United States and Russia, and the number should be 60-80. Among them, offensive nuclear submarines are recognized as elite ships in the world, and there are also about 10 ships. Don't underestimate this 10 ship. 1996 During the Taiwan Strait crisis, the US aircraft carrier approached the Taiwan Province Strait. It is said that at that time, two China submarines suddenly disappeared in Qingdao, and the United States began to take precautions and retreated the aircraft carrier for 2 kilometers. This shows the strategic value of submarines, especially nuclear submarines.
China has the largest number of troops in the world. Army 1 10,000 vehicles, including tanks 1 10,000 vehicles, large-caliber artillery 1 10,000 vehicles, armored combat vehicles, armored personnel carriers and so on 1 10,000 vehicles. It shows that China/KLOC-more than 0/100,000 troops are semi-mechanized, just as the Chairman of the Military Commission of * * * * said, they have not reached the level of full mechanization. I'm afraid the level of complete mechanization will be like that of the former Soviet Union and now Russia and the United States. An armored division or an armored brigade and a mechanized brigade can advance two or three hundred kilometers a day, from tanks to self-propelled artillery to infantry and chariots, forming a steel dragon. There are also armed helicopters, thus reaching the level of air-ground battle. China is still developing in this respect.
Apart from military strength and weapons, including nuclear weapons, a country's military strength ranks first, which is indispensable to its territorial size. If you are like Israel, no matter how good the weapons are, but the territory is too small, once you have a nuclear bomb, the country will basically be destroyed. But unlike China, China is 9.6 million square kilometers, at least several million square kilometers, with dense population and high productivity. In the event of a nuclear attack, its endurance is several times stronger than that of Israel and Japan. Therefore, the British rank China's military strength in the second place in the world, taking into account these aspects, as well as China's economic capacity, scientific and technological strength and historical experience and lessons.
China Academy of Sciences ranks China's military strength fourth in the world.
Huang Shuofeng, a researcher at the Strategy Department of the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences, pointed out that a country's military strength, that is, its war strength, is a tool for the country to defend itself and attack the enemy. It includes the number, composition, training, equipment, activity ability, military production and reserve forces of the army. It is the sum of all the material and spiritual forces of the country, both material and spiritual. Therefore, military strength is actually a concrete manifestation of a country's comprehensive national strength.