PH Ranks 37th in Military Strength

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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines ranked at 37th place in military strength among 106 nations in the world in the 2014 Global Firepower (GFP) report based on ‘each nation’s potential conventional war-making capabilities’ across land, sea and air.

According to the GFP website, the ranking is based on a formula employing more than fifty factors it compiled and measured against each nation or the Power Index.

A Power Index of 0.0000 would have been considered a perfect score, and consequently, the mightiest nation on the planet in terms of military power.

However, there are a number of elements considered or left out, bonuses and penalties which affect the ranking; the most notable of which is that nuclear capabilities are not taken into account as it is not considered a ‘conventional’ armament.

The Philippines with a score of 1.3042 is at 37th place, while its adversary in the West Philippine Sea territorial conflict, China, is way above at 3rd place with 0.2594 score, just below United States and Russia.

The US was on top with a Power Index of 0.2208 followed by Russia with a 0.2355 score.

The Philippines’ enhancement of military capability has been stagnant for decades until the present Aquino administration initiated a P75-billion program that aimed at upgrading the nation’s arsenal with modern aircrafts and naval vessels amid the growing tension over maritime dispute with China.

Recently, it has finalized a couple of deals worth $527-million to purchase 12 FA-50 fighter jets and four Bell 412 military helicopters.

Based on the GFP report, the Philippines ranked 4th among its neighbors in the Southeast Asia behind Indonesia (19th – 0.8008), Vietnam (23rd – 0.8962) and Thailand (24th – 0.9287).

However, it is slightly higher than Malaysia (38th – 1.3143), Singapore (44th – 1.4699) and Cambodia (84th – 2. 5798).

Japan, a former military empire and another country embroiled in a separate territorial dispute with China was ranked at 10th place with a Power Index of 0.5581.

The top 10 includes: (1) United States; (2) Russia; (3) China; (4) India; (5) United Kingdom (6) France; (7 ) Germany; (8 ) Turkey; (9) South Korea; and (10) Japan.

The bottom 5, meanwhile, are the following: (106) Tanzania; (105) Madagascar; (104) Mozambique; (103) Lithuania; and (102) Laos.

Pls. click here to view complete list, rank and power index:
http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp

[jamesbond]

Aba... kung 37th tayo mas grabe pa pala yung nasa ibaba natin hahaha.... wala na nga tayong armaments 37th pa pala tayo... Tsk...

[¿m☺ÿ]

Kailangan pa ring mag-improve para hindi tayo binu-bully ng China.... I say na bagamat mahirap abutin dapat at least nasa top 10...hehehe

 

[cezky09]

Mahina man tayo sa armaments hindi pwede balewalain ang experience ng Phil Army, Marines at Scout Ranger dahil batak mga ito sa Guerilla Warfare sa araw araw ba naman barilan sa Mindanao. Ang ibang bansa malakas dahil sa moderning armas pero sa experience kulang sila mapasabak mab sila UN Mission naman as peacekeeping force.


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[dupax0210]

Kung Laos lang sana ang nagke-claim sa Ayungin, medyo ang tapang natin siguro.

[tonistork]

mas malakas pa pala tayo sa Malaysia? . . eh alam ko mas moderno mga armas nila. . siguro nga mas may experience tayo sa gyera.

how about north korea and taiwan (chinese-taipei)?

[elmeroctavo]

may mga bansa na walang armed forces dahil hindi nila kailangan. Being #37 does not mean na angat tayo.

reference - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_without_armed_forces

[Cathrina]

Ohh atleast pang 37th ang pinas medjo nakamove  ng konte

[Lord Nok Von Hauten]

Abay congrats philippines, kaya lang pang no. 3  ang demonyong china.

NoT sEnt duE tO ErRor!!!

[Sindong]

Lakas pala ng India ah.


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[Prime™]

Aba... kung 37th tayo mas grabe pa pala yung nasa ibaba natin hahaha.... wala na nga tayong armaments 37th pa pala tayo... Tsk...

Baka yung ika 38th, Fiji.. Hwehwehwe.


OT:
Russia has a lot of standby army, so does China, pero I know the US though lumbering and sputtering as they may seem lately has tricks up its sleeve.

If you are the top dog for so many years, it makes sense for you to take steps to keep it that way. They say the US military technology is at least 10 years ahead of what they show the public. That might be true, they are ultra secretive after all, not to mention their various agencies also with extreme penchant for clandestine activities.

If there was a brawl between the the Eagle, The Bear and The Dragon I think the Eagle can still take them on. Russia and China may be strong, but I fail to see their alliances being as formidable as the one the US have so dun palang. Hmm. China isn't making a lot of friends lately in the neighborhood too so there's also that.

The US always had a bogeyman, the Germans in WW2, then the Russians with the cold war, then the Japanese in the 70's and 80's with their economic boom, then the Chinese in the mid 90's-2000's with their own economic boom. I'm actually curious to see whose next.

Thanks for the share mate, very interesting.

[elmeroctavo]

Malakas talaga ang india sir. They are nuclear capable. They are able to manufacture their own MBT (Main Battle Tank) Arjun kung tawagin

Lakas pala ng India ah.


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[tonistork]

kung di pa pala naging presidente si PNoy eh malamang nasa above 50 ranking natin, mas maganda nga palakasin pa military natin para di tayo binubully ng mga lintek na intsik na mga yan.

at maganda friend natin ang US, ang Japan at Vietnam na lahat eh inis din sa China.

[elmeroctavo]

what the country needs sa ngayon is capability na masuppress ang insurgency dito. nariyan pa ang npa, asg at mga terrorist. isang bomb scare na nga lang sa edsa pasay aparalisado na ang edsa, paano pa kaya response ng bansa sa isang  fighter plane ng China na nagcross sa airspace natin?

[crashtest]

Nag-improve ga-buhok lang. sobrang left behind tayo.


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