India has the fourth&nbsp;strongest military force in the world, Global Firepower—a data website that tracks global defence-related information—said as it released its 2023 Military Strength list.

The United States has been ranked first, while Russia and China are placed second and third, respectively.

The list, which looks into the strengths of 143 countries’ forces, has also included the nations which have the weakest military force in the world.

The data looks at more than 60 individual factors “ranging from the quantity of military units and financial standing to logistical capabilities and geography" to determine a nation's PwrIndex.

The PwrIndex gives scores to countries based on their conventional fighting capability. &nbsp;

“The smaller the PwrIndex value, the more powerful a nation's conventional fighting capability is," GFP says.

Hence, a perfect PwrIndex value would be 0.000, which the GFP says is realistically unattainable.

“Our unique, in-house formula allows for smaller (and) more technologically-advanced nations to compete with larger (and) lesser-developed powers… special modifiers, in the form of bonuses and penalties, are applied to further refine the list which is compiled annually. Trends do not necessarily indicate a declining power as changes to the GFP formula can also account for this," it says.

<h2>Here are the world's top 10 ranked nations with the most powerful militaries</h2>

<ol>
	<li>United States (PwrIndex value= 0.0712)</li>
	<li>Russia (0.0714)</li>
	<li>China (0.0722)</li>
	<li>India (0.1025)</li>
	<li>United Kingdom (0.1435)</li>
	<li>South Korea (0.1505)</li>
	<li>Pakistan (0.1694)</li>
	<li>Japan (0.1711)</li>
	<li>France (0.1848)</li>
	<li>Italy (0.1973)</li>
</ol>

<h2>Here are the world’s 10 nations with the least powerful militaries </h2>

<ol>
	<li>Bhutan</li>
	<li>Benin</li>
	<li>Moldova</li>
	<li>Somalia</li>
	<li>Liberia</li>
	<li>Suriname</li>
	<li>Belize</li>
	<li>Central African Republic</li>
	<li>Iceland</li>
	<li>Sierra Leone</li>
</ol>

The report further notes that the top four countries have retained their spots compared to the last year.&nbsp;Whereas, the UK has moved up from eighth place last year to fifth this year. South Korea remains in sixth place as it was last year.

Pakistan entered the top 10 in seventh place, and Japan and France ranked fifth and seventh last year, dropped&nbsp;to eighth and ninth this year.

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India has the fourth strongest military force in the world, Global Firepower—a data website that tracks global defence-related information—said as it released its 2023 Military Strength list.

India has the fourth strongest military force in the world, Global Firepower—a data website that tracks global defence-related information—said as it released its 2023 Military Strength list. The United States has been ranked first, while Russia and China are placed second and third, respectively. The list, which looks into the strengths of 143 countries’ forces, has also included the nations which have the weakest military force in the world. The data looks at more than 60 individual factors “ranging from the quantity of military units and financial standing to logistical capabilities and geography" to determine a nation's PwrIndex. The PwrIndex gives scores to countries based on their conventional fighting capability. “The smaller the PwrIndex value, the more powerful a nation's conventional fighting capability is," GFP says. Hence, a perfect PwrIndex value would be 0.000, which the GFP says is realistically unattainable. “Our unique, in-house formula allows for smaller (and) more technologically-advanced nations to compete with larger (and) lesser-developed powers… special modifiers, in the form of bonuses and penalties, are applied to further refine the list which is compiled annually. Trends do not necessarily indicate a declining power as changes to the GFP formula can also account for this," it says. Here are the world's top 10 ranked nations with the most powerful militaries United States (PwrIndex value= 0.0712) Russia (0.0714) China (0.0722) India (0.1025) United Kingdom (0.1435) South Korea (0.1505) Pakistan (0.1694) Japan (0.1711) France (0.1848) Italy (0.1973) Here are the world’s 10 nations with the least powerful militaries Bhutan Benin Moldova Somalia Liberia Suriname Belize Central African Republic Iceland Sierra Leone The report further notes that the top four countries have retained their spots compared to the last year. Whereas, the UK has moved up from eighth place last year to fifth this year. South Korea remains in sixth place as it was last year. Pakistan entered the top 10 in seventh place, and Japan and France ranked fifth and seventh last year, dropped to eighth and ninth this year. WATCH WION LIVE HERE

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Iraqi forces announced that they had successfully liberated Fallujah and many other regions such as central Iraqi&#39;s Ramadi and Rutba at the end of June, accounting for 70 per cent of the overall amount of regions that had been taken over by extremists. 
 
The Iraqi troops have been focused on clearing explosives such as the landmines which the Islamic State (IS) group left behind in those recaptured areas in the west of Iraq, such as Al Anbar Province and Fallujah. The troops have also continued to crackdown on extremists in north Iraq&#39;s Salah ad Din Province and the southern areas of Nineveh province. 
 
According to Faleh al-Fayad, the Iraqi National Security adviser, currently military action in the western and northern regions is moving smoothly. Once the military mission ends in the Al Anbar Province, the Prime Minister and commander in chief of the Armed Forces Dr Haider Al-Abadi will redeploy forces to support the future recapture of the northern Iraqi&#39;s Mosul. 
 
&quot;After the Iraqi government completely recaptures the entire Al Anbar Province and relieves the threat in the western area of Iraqi&#39;s capital Baghdad, the entire armed forces will face redeployed into other regions. This will provide a sufficient back-up military force for the commander in chief of the armed forces,&quot; said Faleh al-Fayad, Iraqi national security adviser. 
 
Official figures showed that the Iraqi territories that were occupied and controlled under the IS accounted for 42 per cent of the total areas, but with the continuously increasing number of recaptured regions, the figure has dropped to less than 15 per cent. 
 
&quot;As the Iraqi defense minister noted, I believe the territories that are occupied by (IS) account for less than 15 per cent of the total area, and these regions mainly distributed in the Nineveh province, the desert area of the border between Iraq and Syria and partial areas in Al Anbar Province. And these figures continue to fall each month,&quot; said Faleh al-Fayad. 
 
(Reuters)

The Iraqi national security adviser believes that the current military action in the western and northern regions is moving smoothly

Iraqi forces announced that they had successfully liberated Fallujah and many other regions such as central Iraqi's Ramadi and Rutba at the end of June, accounting for 70 per cent of the overall amount of regions that had been taken over by extremists. The Iraqi troops have been focused on clearing explosives such as the landmines which the Islamic State (IS) group left behind in those recaptured areas in the west of Iraq, such as Al Anbar Province and Fallujah. The troops have also continued to crackdown on extremists in north Iraq's Salah ad Din Province and the southern areas of Nineveh province. According to Faleh al-Fayad, the Iraqi National Security adviser, currently military action in the western and northern regions is moving smoothly. Once the military mission ends in the Al Anbar Province, the Prime Minister and commander in chief of the Armed Forces Dr Haider Al-Abadi will redeploy forces to support the future recapture of the northern Iraqi's Mosul. "After the Iraqi government completely recaptures the entire Al Anbar Province and relieves the threat in the western area of Iraqi's capital Baghdad, the entire armed forces will face redeployed into other regions. This will provide a sufficient back-up military force for the commander in chief of the armed forces," said Faleh al-Fayad, Iraqi national security adviser. Official figures showed that the Iraqi territories that were occupied and controlled under the IS accounted for 42 per cent of the total areas, but with the continuously increasing number of recaptured regions, the figure has dropped to less than 15 per cent. "As the Iraqi defense minister noted, I believe the territories that are occupied by (IS) account for less than 15 per cent of the total area, and these regions mainly distributed in the Nineveh province, the desert area of the border between Iraq and Syria and partial areas in Al Anbar Province. And these figures continue to fall each month," said Faleh al-Fayad. (Reuters)

Iraqi forces announce recapture of 70 per cent of regions occupied by extremists

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