Turkeyvs United States
On Global Firepower's 2026 index, the United States (#1) holds a solid edge over Turkey (#9).
- The United States has nuclear weapons; Turkey has none.
- The United States has aircraft carriers; Turkey has none.
- The United States has destroyers; Turkey has none.
Who leads in each area
- People and moneyUnited States leads 3 of 4
- Land forcesUnited States leads 5 of 5
- Air powerUnited States leads 7 of 7
- Naval forcesUnited States leads 6 of 7
- Nuclear weaponsUnited States 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.
$30.0B
Military spending
$954B481K
Active personnel
1.33M380K
Reserves
800K150K
Paramilitary
0Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Turkey: 1.9% of GDP; United States: 3.1% of GDP).
Land forces
Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.
2,284
Tanks
4,66698K
Armored vehicles
410K1,045
Self-propelled artillery
1,521635
Towed artillery
1,878237
Rocket artillery
1,731Air power
Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.
1,101
Total aircraft
13,032201
Fighters
1,7910
Attack aircraft
926509
Helicopters
5,913111
Attack helicopters
1,0247
Tankers
61084
Transports
917Naval forces
Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.
192
Total fleet
4650
Aircraft carriers
111
Helicopter carriers
914
Submarines
660
Destroyers
8317
Frigates
09
Corvettes
27Nuclear weapons
Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.
0
Warheads
3,7000
Deployed warheads
1,770Compare other countries
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Profiles: Turkey and United States. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.