Egypt’s Military surpasses Israel, Iran; ranked 12th most powerful worldwide

Taha Sakr
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Egypt’s army surpassed the United States, Turkey, and Israel in air defence forces and missiles with 1,100 rocket projectors, according to the Global Fire Power (GFP) ranking. This renders the Egyptian army to become ranked as the fifth power in the world in rocket projectors.

Egypt was capable to be ranked as the 10th strongest military power in the world in 2018, and this year according to (GFP), the Egyptian armed forces is the 12th globally.

The US air defence forces were ranked in 6th place after Egypt through owning 1,056 rocket projectors, while Turkey occupied the 12th place through owning 350 batteries, and Israel came in 26th place through having only 150 batteries.

Egypt has also surpassed Israel and Turkey in air forces by occupying the 9th place in the world with 1,092 aircrafts, while Turkey is in 10th place with 1,067 aircrafts, and Israel came in the 18th place with 595 aircrafts.

Regarding the naval forces, Egypt has occupied an advanced place compared to Israel and Turkey, as it owns 319 naval equipment that put it as the 6th most powerful navy in the world, while Turkey occupied the 12th with 194 navy equipment.

Israel was in 37th place with 65 naval equipment, according to the ranking of GFP.

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