Cream of the Military Crop: Meet the World's Five Strongest Armies
Each country has its own unique security situation that shapes its military in general and land power in particular.
Kyle Mizokami is a writer based in San Francisco who has appeared in The Diplomat, Foreign Policy, War is Boring and The Daily Beast. In 2009 he cofounded the defense and security blog Japan Security Watch. You can follow him on Twitter:@KyleMizokami.
This article first appeared in 2015.
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