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Israelvs Turkey

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Turkey (#9) holds a solid edge over Israel (#15).

  • Israel has nuclear weapons; Turkey has none.
  • Turkey has 2.8× as many active troops.
  • Turkey has 2.3× as many naval vessels.
  1. People and moneyEven, 2–2
  2. Land forcesTurkey leads 5 of 5
  3. Air powerTurkey leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesTurkey 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
$30.0B
170K
Active personnel
481K
465K
Reserves
380K
35K
Paramilitary
150K

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

Land forces

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

1,300
Tanks
2,284
62K
Armored vehicles
98K
323
Self-propelled artillery
1,045
171
Towed artillery
635
228
Rocket artillery
237

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

597
Total aircraft
1,101
239
Fighters
201
45
Attack aircraft
0
127
Helicopters
509
48
Attack helicopters
111
13
Tankers
7
14
Transports
84

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

82
Total fleet
192
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
1
6
Submarines
14
0
Destroyers
0
0
Frigates
17
7
Corvettes
9

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

90
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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