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Israelvs Italy

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Italy (#10) holds a narrow edge over Israel (#15).

  • Israel has nuclear weapons; Italy has none.
  • Italy has aircraft carriers; Israel has none.
  • Italy has destroyers; Israel has none.
  1. People and moneyIsrael leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesIsrael leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerItaly leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesItaly leads 5 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.

$48.3B
Military spending
$48.1B
170K
Active personnel
166K
465K
Reserves
18K
35K
Paramilitary
105K

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

Land forces

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

1,300
Tanks
203
62K
Armored vehicles
87K
323
Self-propelled artillery
64
171
Towed artillery
108
228
Rocket artillery
21

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

597
Total aircraft
714
239
Fighters
88
45
Attack aircraft
65
127
Helicopters
352
48
Attack helicopters
37
13
Tankers
8
14
Transports
31

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

82
Total fleet
285
0
Aircraft carriers
2
0
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
8
0
Destroyers
3
0
Frigates
14
7
Corvettes
0

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

90
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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