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Israelvs Poland

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Israel (#15) holds a solid edge over Poland (#21).

  • Israel has nuclear weapons; Poland has none.
  • Israel fields 6× as many submarines.
  • Israel fields 4.1× as many fighters.
  1. People and moneyEven, 2–2
  2. Land forcesIsrael leads 3 of 5
  3. Air powerIsrael leads 5 of 7
  4. Naval forcesIsrael 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.

$48.3B
Military spending
$46.8B
170K
Active personnel
250K
465K
Reserves
350K
35K
Paramilitary
50K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Israel: 7.8% of GDP; Poland: 4.5% of GDP).

Land forces

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

1,300
Tanks
798
62K
Armored vehicles
58K
323
Self-propelled artillery
593
171
Towed artillery
0
228
Rocket artillery
298

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

597
Total aircraft
457
239
Fighters
58
45
Attack aircraft
12
127
Helicopters
224
48
Attack helicopters
29
13
Tankers
0
14
Transports
44

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

82
Total fleet
63
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
1
0
Destroyers
0
0
Frigates
2
7
Corvettes
2

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

90
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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