In the current year, Bangladesh has advanced three steps in terms of military strength in the world. This South Asian country is currently in the 37th position in the recently published globalfirepower.com list. America tops this list.
On January 6, globalfirepower.com published this list of the military capabilities of 145 countries in the world. The list is published every year based on the Military Strength Index.
The index is created by analyzing more than 60 factors such as the size of a country`s armed forces, economic status, logistical capabilities and geographical location. The lower the country`s score on the index, the higher the country`s ranking of military capabilities.
In this list of global firepower, Bangladesh scores 0.5419 in the strength index. The United States topped the list with the lowest score of 0.0699. It is followed by Russia, China, India, South Korea, UK, Japan, Turkey, Pakistan and Italy respectively in the top ten list.
Bangladesh ranks fourth among South Asian countries in terms of military strength. India, Pakistan and Myanmar are ahead of Bangladesh. Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan is followed by Bangladesh.
Among neighboring countries of Bangladesh, India is fourth, Pakistan is ninth, Myanmar is 35th, Sri Lanka is 75th and Nepal is 128th. Bhutan is at the bottom of the list at 145th position. The country`s score on the strength index is 6.3704.
According to the updated data of Global Firepower, there are approximately 160,000 active soldiers in the Bangladesh Army. The number of tanks in the army is 320. There are 13 thousand 100 military vehicles.
On the other hand, there are 25 thousand 100 active members of Bangladesh Navy. The force`s ships include seven frigates, six corvettes, two submarines, 30 patrol boats and five mine warfare vessels. However, Bangladesh does not have any destroyer warships, aircraft carriers and helicopter carriers.
According to the report of Global Firepower, the number of active members of Bangladesh Air Force is 17 thousand 400 people. The total number of aircraft of the force is 216. Among them there are 44 fighter planes, 73 helicopters, 16 transport planes and 85 training planes. Besides, the Air Force has four aircraft for special operations.
