Iran’s Military Is Stronger Than Israel’s (at Least On Paper)

[TR_123456]

Iran’s armed forces ranked thirteenth in the world, according to GlobalFirepower.com’s 2018 rankings, which apparently combined various statistics to assemble a composite military power rating (0.3131 for Iran, with 0.00 being a perfect score).



Israel ranked sixteenth, with a military power rating of 0.3444. By comparison, the United States ranks Number One, followed by Russia, China, India, France and Britain.

Curiously, Egypt is in twelfth place, ahead of Iran and Israel. Indonesia is fifteenth, ahead of Israel. On the other hand, Israel is ahead of Pakistan (seventeenth place), North Korea (eighteenth place), and Sweden (thirty-first place). Dead last, in 136th place, was Bhutan.

“It was the third year in a row that Israel fell in the site’s ranking, falling one spot from the previous year and down five spots when it ranked 11th in 2016,” noted the Jerusalem Post. “Iran, meanwhile, climbed to 13th in 2018 from 20th in 2017.”



How exactly does GlobalFirepower calculate these scores?

“The finalized Global Firepower ranking utilizes over 55 individual factors to determine a given nation's PowerIndex ('PwrIndx') score,” says the website. “The unique, in-house formula allows for smaller, more technologically-advanced, nations to compete with larger, though lesser-developed, ones. Modifiers (in the form of bonuses and penalties) are applied to further refine the list. A perfect PwrIndex score is 0.0000 which is realistically unattainable in the scope of the GFP formula.”

The website further explains that the scores are adjusted by a variety of modifiers. For example, “ranking does not rely solely on total number of weapons available to any one country but rather focuses on weapon diversity.”

The scores also take into account “First World, Second World, and Third World statuses,” while NATO nations are awarded a “slight bonus due to the theoretical sharing of war-making resources.” Other modifiers include geography, industry, natural resources, manpower and financial strength.”



Some politicians will no doubt be relieved to learn that “current political / military leadership is NOT taken into account.” But most important is the factor that in theory should give Israel a decisive edge over Iran, or at least for the time being.

Iran’s Military Is Stronger Than Israel’s (at Least On Paper)

How exactly does GlobalFirepower determine its rankings?

nationalinterest.org

 

[Micheal Corleone]

Hahaha ok

 

[BordoEnes]

Iran's military is strong, but as long as Israel has Nuclear bombs that wont be a difference.

 

[Cabatli_TR]

If Iran cannot stop the Israeli air force in a possible war, all Iranian infrastructure and critical facilities will be destroyed by Israel in a short time. Victory will be on the side that can lead the skies in traditional wars.

 

[Micheal Corleone]

If Iran cannot stop the Israeli air force in a possible war, all Iranian infrastructure and critical facilities will be destroyed by Israel in a short time. Victory will be on the side that can lead the skies in traditional wars.

Add to that Iran’s worthless currency, Israel might not have to do anything to Iran, Iran’s imam is doing Israel’s job for them

 

[Deliorman]

What a stupid article. The Global Firepower Index has never been a reliable source to measure how strong the military of a country is. The National Interest making a whole article based on it only shows how dumb and lazy Republican "think tanks" and "strategists" are these days.

ps Unless they want to show to the public how "weak" and "threatened" Israel is so they can manipulate them and the political elite into increasing their help to Israel even more.

 

[CEZAYIRLI]

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Iran’s armed forces ranked thirteenth in the world, according to GlobalFirepower.com’s 2018 rankings, which apparently combined various statistics to assemble a composite military power rating (0.3131 for Iran, with 0.00 being a perfect score).



Israel ranked sixteenth, with a military power rating of 0.3444. By comparison, the United States ranks Number One, followed by Russia, China, India, France and Britain.

Curiously, Egypt is in twelfth place, ahead of Iran and Israel. Indonesia is fifteenth, ahead of Israel. On the other hand, Israel is ahead of Pakistan (seventeenth place), North Korea (eighteenth place), and Sweden (thirty-first place). Dead last, in 136th place, was Bhutan.

“It was the third year in a row that Israel fell in the site’s ranking, falling one spot from the previous year and down five spots when it ranked 11th in 2016,” noted the Jerusalem Post. “Iran, meanwhile, climbed to 13th in 2018 from 20th in 2017.”



How exactly does GlobalFirepower calculate these scores?

“The finalized Global Firepower ranking utilizes over 55 individual factors to determine a given nation's PowerIndex ('PwrIndx') score,” says the website. “The unique, in-house formula allows for smaller, more technologically-advanced, nations to compete with larger, though lesser-developed, ones. Modifiers (in the form of bonuses and penalties) are applied to further refine the list. A perfect PwrIndex score is 0.0000 which is realistically unattainable in the scope of the GFP formula.”

The website further explains that the scores are adjusted by a variety of modifiers. For example, “ranking does not rely solely on total number of weapons available to any one country but rather focuses on weapon diversity.”

The scores also take into account “First World, Second World, and Third World statuses,” while NATO nations are awarded a “slight bonus due to the theoretical sharing of war-making resources.” Other modifiers include geography, industry, natural resources, manpower and financial strength.”



Some politicians will no doubt be relieved to learn that “current political / military leadership is NOT taken into account.” But most important is the factor that in theory should give Israel a decisive edge over Iran, or at least for the time being.

Iran’s Military Is Stronger Than Israel’s (at Least On Paper)

How exactly does GlobalFirepower determine its rankings?

nationalinterest.org

The failures of the Arab armies made Israel seem like and unbeatable giant. Turkey can destroy Israel within 8 hours.

 

[CEZAYIRLI]

Iran's military is strong, but as long as Israel has Nuclear bombs that wont be a difference.

Israel will self-destroy with its own arrogance.