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Russia vs Israel
Russia ranks #3 and Israel ranks #7 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Russia spends $190B on defense with 1.26M active personnel; Israel spends $48.3B with 170K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #3 | Global Rank | #7 |
| $190B | Defense Budget | $48.3B |
| 7.5% | Budget % of GDP | 7.8% |
| $2.56T | GDP | $611B |
| 143.51M | Population | 10.12M |
| Personnel | ||
| 1.26M | Active Personnel | 170K |
| 1.50M | Reserve Personnel | 465K |
| 569K | Paramilitary | 8K |
| Air | ||
| 4,193 | Military Aircraft | 599 |
| 1,886 | Combat Aircraft | 287 |
| 1,211 | Fighter Jets | 287 |
| 29 | 5th Gen Fighters | 48 |
| 118 | Bombers | 0 |
| 1,532 | Helicopters | 126 |
| 577 | Attack Helicopters | 48 |
| 0 | Military Drones (UAV) | 0 |
| Land | ||
| 3,550 | Main Battle Tanks | 400 |
| 1,958 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 0 |
| 4,727 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 5,890 |
| 2,902 | Artillery Systems | 280 |
| Naval | ||
| 56 | Submarines | 6 |
| 37 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 1 | Aircraft Carriers | 0 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 0 |
| Strategic | ||
| 5,420 | Nuclear Warheads | 90 |
| 12 | Ballistic Missile Systems | 3 |
| 5 | ICBM Systems | 0 |
| 7 | Cruise Missile Systems | 4 |
| 3 | Hypersonic Systems | 0 |
| 16,000 km | Longest Missile Range | 6,500 km |
Russia leads in 23 of the 25 measured categories, Israel in 2. Numbers alone do not decide a war: training, logistics, geography, alliances and nuclear deterrence matter too. A dash means the source publishes no figure.
Sources: CSIS Missile Threat, Federation of American Scientists, IISS Military Balance, Military Atlas Index, SIPRI, Wikipedia, Wikipedia / FlightGlobal, World Bank.