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Originally Posted by Chewy
We are hardly weak, we have the second largest navy in the world, we have soldiers in almost every part of the world, sorting out other countries problems, we're keeping ourselves afloat during the financial crisis unlike other countries across the world. Not bad for an island nation.
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2nd largest in NATO to the US. There are several countries outside of NATO with larger navies, Russia, Japan, France and China spring to mind. India could also give us a run after recent defence cuts.
However if you mean powerful again third to US and Russia, chinese nuclear strike vessels are still some way behind