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Egyptvs Russia

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Russia (#2) holds a clear lead over Egypt (#19).

  • Russia has nuclear weapons; Egypt has none.
  • Russia has aircraft carriers; Egypt has none.
  • Russia has destroyers; Egypt has none.

Who leads in each area

  1. People and moneyRussia leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesRussia leads 5 of 5
  3. Air powerRussia leads 7 of 7
  4. Naval forcesRussia leads 5 of 7
  5. Nuclear weaponsRussia leads 2 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.

$5.2B*
Military spending
$190B
439K
Active personnel
1.32M
479K
Reserves
2M
300K
Paramilitary
250K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Russia: 7.5% of GDP). * SIPRI publishes no figure for this country, so the Global Firepower budget estimate is shown instead.

Land forces

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

3,620
Tanks
5,630
55K
Armored vehicles
127K
1,056
Self-propelled artillery
3,603
962
Towed artillery
5,920
648
Rocket artillery
2,486

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

1,088
Total aircraft
4,237
242
Fighters
861
90
Attack aircraft
698
348
Helicopters
1,643
100
Attack helicopters
556
0
Tankers
18
53
Transports
458

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

149
Total fleet
747
0
Aircraft carriers
1
2
Helicopter carriers
0
8
Submarines
66
0
Destroyers
13
13
Frigates
12
7
Corvettes
79

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
4,400
0
Deployed warheads
1,796

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