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Australiavs Israel

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Israel (#15) holds a narrow edge over Australia (#17).

  • Israel has nuclear weapons; Australia has none.
  • Australia has destroyers; Israel has none.
  • Israel fields 28× as many tanks.
  1. People and moneyIsrael leads 4 of 4
  2. Land forcesIsrael leads 5 of 5
  3. Air powerIsrael leads 5 of 7
  4. Naval forcesAustralia leads 3 of 7
  5. Nuclear weaponsIsrael leads 1 of 2

Leads count raw numbers in each category. Larger is not always stronger: a modern fleet can beat a bigger, older one.

People and money

Who can be put in uniform, and how much is spent keeping them there.

$35.3B
Military spending
$48.3B
59K
Active personnel
170K
33K
Reserves
465K
0
Paramilitary
35K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Australia: 1.9% of GDP; Israel: 7.8% of GDP).

Land forces

Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.

46
Tanks
1,300
17K
Armored vehicles
62K
0
Self-propelled artillery
323
48
Towed artillery
171
8
Rocket artillery
228

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

348
Total aircraft
597
24
Fighters
239
71
Attack aircraft
45
72
Helicopters
127
22
Attack helicopters
48
6
Tankers
13
37
Transports
14

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

45
Total fleet
82
0
Aircraft carriers
0
2
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
6
3
Destroyers
0
7
Frigates
0
0
Corvettes
7

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
90
0
Deployed warheads
0

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Profiles: Australia and Israel. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.