Military power of Japan & Russia
Japan vs Russia
Japan Russia
Capital: Tokyo Moscow
Population: 126 880 000 144 554 993
Area: 377 944 km2 17 098 242 km2
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Active personnel: 247 150 771 000
Reserve personnel: 56 100 2 000 000
Available for military: 27 301 443 34 765 736
Tanks: 686 20 050
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2 905 27 335
Total artillery: 1 179 14 557
Self-propelled artillery: 226 5 955
Rocket artillery: 99 4 032
Total aircraft: 1 654 4 441
Fighter aircraft: 154 751
Attack aircraft: 0 783
Helicopters: 719 1 505
Total naval: 129 314
Destroyers: 38 18
Frigates: 0 10
Submarines: 17 59
The second most important state when it comes to researching, developing, and then storing nuclear weapon. Although the Russians managed to catch up with Americans later on, it was only in 1949 that the first nuclear test conducted by then the Soviet Union occurred. It was still quite a surprise for the Western Powers, who believed that Russia won't be capable of producing nuclear warheads until 1953-1954. After the first test, the nation in question started to rapidly increase the amount of warheads they possessed. In the end of 1980s, they were the leading power when it comes to total number of warheads stored. It was approximately 40,000 warheads.
Nowadays, similarly to United States, the Russians store a total number of 6490 warheads, what is scarcely more than USA. When it comes to the number of deployed warheads, the amount is the same as in case of Americans, namely 1600 deployed warheads. We should also remember about the fact that Russia conducted over 700 tests, what makes them the second most important nation when it comes to developing nuclear weapons. However, it was the Soviet Union that managed to create the biggest bomb in the world. Known as Tsar Bomba, it had blast yield of 50 megatons of TNT.
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; mandatory retirement at age 53 for senior enlisted personnel and at 62 years for senior service officers.
18-27 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service; males are registered for the draft at 17 years of age; 1-year service obligation (conscripts can only be sent to combat zones after 6 months of training); reserve obligation for non-officers to age 50; enrollment in military schools from the age of 16, cadets classified as members of the armed forces.