At present, among the top ten military powers in the world, South Korea can be said to be an extremely special existence. Because South Korea is one of the smallest countries in terms of land area, it is extremely rare in the world. Previously, "Global Firepower"** released the "2023 Global Military Power Ranking Report".
Global Firepower"** calculates the "potential combat capability of countries to fight on land, sea and air by conventional means", and its calculation formula mainly examines "more than 60 factors such as manpower, equipment, natural resources, finance and geography". Through comparison, a composite index is obtained, and the smaller the index, the stronger the country's military power, and the theoretical perfect military strength score is zero.
The United States, Russia, and China are the top three countries in this military power ranking, followed by India, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Pakistan, Japan, France, and Italy. Yes, you read that right, South Korea is indeed in sixth place!Let's not talk about whether the ranking of this ** is objective, but some Korean netizens at this time have gone crazy!
Some Korean netizens said: "Amazing!."**So solid, who dares to invade!Some Korean netizens commented: "The sixth largest national defense in the world, South Korea, is proud!."This is the way South Korea's national defense should go!There are even Korean netizens who threatened: "The national character and status of South Korea are so sky-high!."”
Of course, there are also South Korean netizens who are modest: "Although we are already ranked sixth, in order not to lag behind the surrounding powers, South Korea should continue to increase national defense investment!."Between the words, no matter how you look at it, the hearts of Koreans are already cheering and arrogant. But is South Korea really as powerful as Koreans think?Is its real military strength really as high as it is in the global military power list?It can only be said that the ideal is very beautiful, and the reality is very skinny!
Among the three armed forces of the ROK, the navy, the army, and the air force are relatively powerful, the navy. The Air Force is the second, and the last is the Army!
South Korea's military spending in 2021 was $48 billion, ranking eighth in the world. Among the three armed forces of the South Korean Navy, Army and Air Force, the army has 560,000 troops. Navy 670,000 people, 530,000 people. The ROK Navy has more than 150 surface ships of various types, with a total tonnage of more than 230,000 tons, making it the eighth largest naval power in the world.
Its main ships are two Dokdo-class amphibious assault ships, 12 destroyers, including three 10,000-ton King Sejong-class destroyers, 23 frigates, and 12 conventional submarines. But even then, the shortcomings of the South Korean Navy are significant. There are fewer capital ships, and the Aegis destroyers among them are not built independently, and there is a big gap with the American Aegis destroyers.
Not to mention the South Korean Air Force and Army, it is very difficult for South Korea to have a chance to win if it really wants to fight with its next door. What's more, South Korea does not even have wartime command and needs the protection of US troops, is such a country considered powerful?Do you think South Korea's military power is the sixth in the world?