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THE WORLD'S LARGEST NAVIES - BY PERSONNEL
Navies are an ancient military service on par with land armies, going back to ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. Even today, control of the oceans and seas is an integral part of a nation’s security and influence, as controlling the sea-lanes often means control of resources. Though navies differ in their technological edge, their crew and their diversity, the navies of the world are driven primarily by the number of personnel serving onboard their ships. In this list, the top ten navies chosen were those with the most personnel serving onboard their respective ships.
1. United States - 369,800
2. China - 230,000
3. Russia - 171,500
4. Taiwan - 68,000
5. France - 62,600
6. South Korea - 60,000
7. India - 53,000
8. Turkey - 51,000
9. Indonesia - 47,000
10. North Korea - 46,000
In comparison, Canada has approximately 4,000 sea-going personnel in the Royal Canadian Navy, considerably fewer than the crew of an American Nimitz Class aircraft carrier.
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THE WORLD'S LARGEST AIR FORCES - BY NUMBER OF COMBAT AIRCRAFT
Air Forces are a relatively new phenomenon to human military history. The earliest that an air force has been used in war by a nation was during WW1, when Germany organized regular air attacks on their enemies. Since then air power has become one of the dominant forces of modern warfare, promising an unprecedented amount of control over ones enemy. Though Air Forces are as varied as armies in their abilities, technological edge and skill, one of the defining factors of air power is how many combat aircraft a nation can muster. In this list, the top ten air forces chosen were those with the most active combat aircraft.
1. Russia - 3,996
2. China - 3,520
3. United States - 2,598
4. India - 774
5. Taiwan - 598
6. North Korea - 593
7. Egypt - 583
8. France - 531
9. Ukraine - 521
10. South Korea - 488
In comparison, Canada has only 80 operational CF-18 Hornets in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Written by Scott Taylor
24.01.12
What started out as a rather minor news story about a navy intelligence officer charged with espionage has developed into a full-fledged, nation-wide media feeding frenzy.
Everybody loves a good spy story and the minute it was alleged — but never officially confirmed — that Canadian military secrets were being passed to the Russians, this saga had all the necessary ingredients to produce a James Bond spellbinder.
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Written by Scott Taylor
14.12.11
For the past two weeks, Defence Minister Peter MacKay has been taking a considerable amount of flak for his use of a Canadian Forces Cormorant helicopter to airlift him from a private fishing lodge. When the story first surfaced this past September, the July 2010 incident was dismissed by MacKay as being part of a longplanned search-and-rescue exercise, and that it provided him a long-overdue opportunity to see first-hand such operations. That ruse enabled MacKay to temporarily put the issue on hold.
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Written by Scott Taylor
09.11.11
The Oct. 29 death of Master Cpl. Byron Greff in Kabul startled many Canadians because they had willingly accepted the story that Canada’s combat mission in Afghanistan had concluded in July. In making the announcement that up to 950 Canadian Forces personnel would remain in theatre until 2014, the Conservative government assured the public this would simply be a training mission “conducted in classrooms…behind the wire.”
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