Iran-Israel military power at a glance
Last Updated on October 2, 2024 6:52 am
In response to the recent killing of senior commanders of Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran, Iran launched a “heroic” missile attack on occupying Israel for the second time on Tuesday. Israel’s air defense system was able to intercept some of the 200 missile attacks.
Earlier, in response to the attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria in April, Iran carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel. There has been extreme tension between the two countries since the drone and missile attacks from Iranian soil for the first time targeting Israel.
In the case of the second attack, the eyes of the whole world, including the Middle East, are again on the Iran-Israel situation. The world is also worried about what Israel’s action will be in response to Iran’s attack this time.
Everyone is worried about whether the war will start between the two countries. Because in terms of military capabilities, it can be seen that both countries are quite strong militarily.
According to a BBC report, according to “Global Firepower” statistics, Iran is three steps ahead of Israel in terms of military capabilities.
However, both countries are ranked among the top twenty militarily powerful countries in the world.
Iran is ranked 14th and Israel is 17th in the ranking of the top countries in terms of military capabilities.
Comparison of military power
Both Iran and Israel spend a lot of money on defense. However, Israel’s annual military budget is more than double that of Iran.
Israel’s defense budget is 24.4 billion dollars. On the other hand, Iran’s budget is 995 million dollars. Among the 145 countries in this ranking, Iran is at the 33rd position and Israel is at the 19th position.
regular soldier
According to Global Fire Power, Iran has more troops than Israel.
Iran has a regular army of 11 lakh 80 thousand while Israel’s army is 6 lakh 70 thousand. Among them, Iran’s reserve army is 350,000 and Israel’s reserve army is 465,000.
fighter jet
The total number of military aircraft of Iran is 551 and Israel has 612.
Among them, Iran has 186 warplanes and Israel has 241 warplanes.
Iran has 23 attacking aircraft while Israel has 39.
Iran has 86 transport planes, Israel has 12.
Iran has 102 training planes and Israel has 155.
helicopter
According to Global Firepower statistics, Iran has 129 helicopters and Israel has 146.
Israel is stronger than Iran with 48 attack helicopters. The number of attack helicopters in Iran is 13.
Tanks and armored vehicles
According to the data of Global Firepower, Iran is ahead of Israel in terms of tanks and armored vehicles. Israel has 1370 tanks and Iran has 1996.
Iran has 65 thousand 765 armored vehicles and Israel has 43 thousand 403.
Besides, Iran is leading in terms of artillery capability, where their number of rocket artillery MLRS is 775 and the number of self-propelled artillery is 580.
On the other hand, from this side of Israel, the number of self-propelled artillery is 650 and the number of MLRS or rocket artillery is 150.
naval power
According to Global Fire Power, Iran is leading in terms of naval power.
The country has 101 warships including 7 frigates and 21 patrol ships while Israel has 67 warships.
Of these, there are 45 patrol vessels and Israel has no frigates. Iran is also strong in terms of submarines. The country has 19 submarines while Israel has 5 submarines.
Nuclear power
According to the latest data from Sweden-based research organization Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), at the beginning of last year, nine countries in the world possessed approximately 12,512 nuclear weapons.
The countries are – USA, Russia, UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel.
Iran has never officially possessed nuclear weapons on this list.
But the United States and the European Union have repeatedly claimed over the past few years that Iran is using its uranium stockpile to develop nuclear weapons. Iran claims its nuclear program is peaceful.
Meanwhile, Global Firepower did not mention in its report how many such weapons are in possession of any country. The agency says it did not take nuclear weapons capabilities into account in its report.