China's People's Liberation Army troops prepare for the military parade commemorating the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the army, at Zhurihe military training base in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Reuters/China Daily CDIC
Business Insider: These are the 15 global militaries with the most troops ready to fight today
Head-to-head comparisons of militaries are hard to make. Each force brings different capabilities to the table and excels in different environments.
Global Firepower's 2017 Military Strength Ranking tries to compensate for those differences by drawing on more than 50 factors — among them diversity of weapons, available manpower, logistical capacity, and industrial base — to assign a Power Index score to 133 countries.
The number of troops and available personnel a country can draw on are central components of its military power. The list below is composed of the 15 militaries with the most active-duty personnel — the "ready to fight" units that would be the first to see combat:
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