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Indonesiavs Russia

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Russia (#2) holds a solid edge over Indonesia (#13).

  • Russia has nuclear weapons; Indonesia has none.
  • Russia has aircraft carriers; Indonesia has none.
  • Russia has destroyers; Indonesia 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 6 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.

$15.0B
Military spending
$190B
405K
Active personnel
1.32M
401K
Reserves
2M
250K
Paramilitary
250K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Indonesia: 1% of GDP; Russia: 7.5% of GDP).

Land forces

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

331
Tanks
5,630
28K
Armored vehicles
127K
153
Self-propelled artillery
3,603
396
Towed artillery
5,920
67
Rocket artillery
2,486

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

460
Total aircraft
4,237
41
Fighters
861
34
Attack aircraft
698
212
Helicopters
1,643
15
Attack helicopters
556
1
Tankers
18
73
Transports
458

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

338
Total fleet
747
0
Aircraft carriers
1
0
Helicopter carriers
0
4
Submarines
66
0
Destroyers
13
10
Frigates
12
26
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: Indonesia and Russia. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.