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Israelvs Ukraine

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Israel (#15) holds a narrow edge over Ukraine (#20).

  • Israel has nuclear weapons; Ukraine has none.
  • Israel has submarines; Ukraine has none.
  • Ukraine has 5.3× as many active troops.
  1. People and moneyUkraine leads 4 of 4
  2. Land forcesUkraine leads 3 of 5
  3. Air powerIsrael leads 5 of 7
  4. Naval forcesIsrael leads 2 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
$84.1B
170K
Active personnel
900K
465K
Reserves
4M
35K
Paramilitary
100K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Israel: 7.8% of GDP; Ukraine: 40% of GDP).

Land forces

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

1,300
Tanks
1,121
62K
Armored vehicles
45K
323
Self-propelled artillery
682
171
Towed artillery
625
228
Rocket artillery
288

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

597
Total aircraft
347
239
Fighters
88
45
Attack aircraft
30
127
Helicopters
140
48
Attack helicopters
39
13
Tankers
0
14
Transports
22

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

82
Total fleet
169
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
0
0
Destroyers
0
0
Frigates
0
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 Ukraine. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.