Examine the following Militaries
NONE OF THE COUNTRIES HAVE NAVY , only something moderately considered a navy
Indonesia 2/10
Lot of People, Soldiers – only 7-8 modern fighters. Any advantage the army will have the weak air force will nullify that advantage in battle.
No navy so cannot effect global politics.
Egypt 5.5/10
195 F16 planes give the Egyptians a decent Airforce
They also have other support aricrafts from China/France/USA/Russia
I guess they don't fully trust anyone , but how can you when Israel humiliated you in 7 days and took out all your fighters.
The egyptians are also suppose to get hawk eyes awacs from USA in future
Egypt has used Spy Settelites, and it also has 300,000 soldiers -400,000 soliders
Egyptian army lacked behind other armies with their tanks , and no appropriate missile program. After the Gulf war they tried to change their tanks , and upgraded some but their main battle tanks are still not worthy enough or in numbers.
Also the lack alot of other fancy technology that other armies enjoy like Pakistan/Turkey. They also have not produced anything of their own
Saudi Arabia 6.2/10
They do have alot of fun toys just don't have people who know how to run these well
They have 50/60 F-15, which looks great, they also have some tornadoes
They have tactical five E-3 Awacs which is a great advantage in battles.
Now they have recently purchased 150, Mi-17 and Mi-35 from Russia. They also might get more fighters from Russia as well at that point they will be technologically cable as Israel.
They are officially supposed to also get, 70 Euro fighters.
Their main problem is lack of battle experience, and also low skill level. During the gulf war, they needed US help to fight against Iraq.
Their Amy is decent about 700 Abram Tanks, and decent hardware.
Saudi Army’s main problem is lack, skilled technicians, and Army personnel. They do have potential to become a force in region. But unless their force is diversified, with non –us technology and , capable soldiers the hardware alone does not builds armies
No Navy
Libya 2.5/10
Libya has no air force, so it cannot protect its armies. In real battle the modern adversary would knock out their army ruthlessly in 6-7 days
They are suppose to get 44 new fighters (Russian/Euro/French) , and also suppose to get 30 or so helicopters , which would improve the sorry state of this military
They do have money to burn and its possible they could get 100-200 new generation planes with in 10 years in their inventory but they are extremely behind egypt has got all american love and they were left with nothing
Iran 6/10
Majority of Iran Air force is from 1960-1970’s as such their planes are out dated.
They have recently acquired Su 30 crafts from Russia according to unofficial reports , 150 are on order,
People have reported seeing 12-14 of these flying in Iranian air. They are examining
But they are trying to get 24 J10 , and JF17 and also Su 30 crafts.
They have their own Saeqah fighter plane 8-9 of these.
They have ordered S-300 Air defence system, which can allow them to engage 20-30 enemy crafts in air. They have no tactical AWACS. Their army and soldiers are well trained and they have experience of 7 years, they were at war with Iraq. Also they have experience to be in war involving WMD (Chemical Weapons)
They have huge stash of Missiles and while they lack in ability to protect their air space properly but they can launch 100-300 missiles on their enemies.
They have about 1200+ battle tanks, and also they
They have Tor Air Defence system so they can engage 3-4 crafts and bring them down, with missiles at time, but they are trying to get S300 system from Russia , which can allow their city defences to track and destroy 20-25 aircrafts in air which would be a great improvement.
Their Nuclear Ambitions are unknown but they should be able to put up a dirty nuclear weapon if they wanted. Iran already have knowledge of chemical weapons
They had 1 AWAC but it was destroyed (Allegedly)
They claim to develop air-to –surface missile that can strike up to 110 km distance specially ships
Iran posses genuinely talented group of researcher engineers and its their biggest strength.
Turkey 7.5/10
They have a good airforce 200 F16 fighters
They will get 50+ new F16 planes more
They will geF-35A , they will get 116 of these babies from USA
After that they can be considered as a top Muslim Airforce.
They have 150 or so old 60/70’s planes in back up roles
They have 3000-3500 air to air missiles
They also have 3000-3500 air to ground missile
The sheer number of these missiles allows the Turkish air force to take out a lot of air planes in a battle
They have 1 lakh soldiers second largest in Europe.
They are doing all F16 Upgrades and Developing new ones
Pakistan 8.5/10
Pakistan is Nuclear Nation.
Pakistan produces its own Tanks 1200+ tanks.
Pakistan has its own WMD program, Missile Delivery Systems.
Pakistan is supposed to get 8 AWACS.
Pakistan has the largest of man powers in term of Man Power
Pakistan maintains a small Navy, which is sufficient to protect its interest it lacks a Air Craft carrier
Pakistan can be considered closest in all Muslim countries capable of producing a capable Navy
Pakistan does have ample Submarines, Navy boats so it can play an active role in seas, but it has to improve by 40% or more
Now, Pakistan has 50 or so F16, and will get more F16 from USA, but Pakistan should have another 16 4.5 generation JF17 Thunders to operate end of 2008. These are their main front line planes.
But Pakistan also have upgraded planes 300+ Mirages which can operate day/night. These alone are enough for Pakistan’s needs. But Pakistan also have slightly older Chinese planes which although cannot do well vs newer planes but they can still damage advancing army tanks.
Pakistan also has a huge stash of AIR-AIR missiles , BVR Missiles, cruise missiles
Pakistan has 700,000 Active soldiers, and 580,000 soldiers in reserve that a big number. Sixth largest in world
With 300+ JF17 Thunder, 36 J1-0 would be 9/10 Pakistan
What Pakistan lacks, at present
a) Stealth fighter (Could be attained from Iran/China)
b) Pakistan own Air to Air Missile (This is doable by pakistan)
c) City Defence System like S-300 or TOR like ones Iran has (Need research)
Pakistan is a Super Power in term of Muslim Nations, what it lacks now is Navy Carrier be a leading super power
Future direction are Turkey + Pakistan are involved in Joint Space program initiative with China. Mean while Iran is persuing their own Nuclear ambitions.
The Gas Pipeline from Iran to Pakistan will definitly be mutually beneficial for Pakistan and Iran perhaps down the road there could be joint development projects between two nations. So lots of room for growth.
For Pakistan , an important issue is economy development as important as army
NOTE : USA/CHINA/Russia would probbly rate a 20/18/20 on this scale