NATURAL RESOURCES - Values derived from the CIA World Factbook or estimated in some cases.
For an in-depth look into the current naval powers of the world, consider " the World Directory of Modern Military Warships". Landlocked nationd are not penalized for the lack of a standing navy.
'Submarines' value includes both diesel-electric and nuclear-powered types. 'Aircraft Carriers' value includes only traditional carriers (both conventionally- and nuclear-powered while Helicopter Carriers are now considered under their own listing. 'Total Assets' value includes all possible/available vessels including auxiliaries, which are not showcased individually. NAVAL FORCES - Values derived from multiple sources. 'Rocket Projectors' include only self-propelled forms. 'Armored Vehicles' value includes APCs, IFVs, MRAPs, and Armored Cars. 'Tanks' value includes Main Battle Tanks (MBTs), light tanks, and tank destroyers (no distinction being made between track-over-wheel and all-wheeled types). LAND FORCES - Values derived from multiple sources. For an in-depth look into the current air powers of the world, consider " the World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft". 'Special-Mission' value no longer includes aerial tankers which are now covered in their own listing. 'Transports' value includes only fixed-wing aircraft while all rotorcraft are represented under the 'Helicopters' value. 'Attack' value constitutes purpose-built attack types. Total Aircraft Strength value includes both fixed-wing and rotorcraft platforms from all branches of service (at this time UAVs are not included in the total). Some values may be estimated.ĪIRPOWER - Values derived from multiple sources. He spent the 2018-2019 academic year in the Department of National Security Strategy at the US Army War College.MANPOWER - Values partly derived from the CIA World Factbook. Farley is the author of " Grounded: The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force" (University Press of Kentucky, 2014), the " Battleship Book" (Wildside, 2016), and " Patents for Power: Intellectual Property Law and the Diffusion of Military Technology" (University of Chicago, 2020). Robert Farley is a senior lecturer at the Patterson School at the University of Kentucky. Still, we should take care with how categorically we embrace the myths around the crucial events of 80 years ago. The loss of Repulse and Prince of Wales would crystalize the narrative that was emerging in the wake of Taranto and Pearl Harbor and would clarify the emergence of carrier aircraft as a critical naval technology. Navies would soon stop acquiring battleships altogether, as their superior armor and survivability could not match the long-distance striking power of the carrier. Battleships would not play the decisive role in the Pacific, conceding that role to aircraft carriers. Of course, there are big parts about the classic story of Force Z that aren't wrong. Bombs and torpedoes disabled and then sank the British ships. This force, consisting mostly of G3M and G4M twin-engine bombers, found the task force in the late morning and proceeded to attack. The Japanese were aware of the presence of the British ships and launched a force of land-based bombers to conduct a sweep in the early morning of December 10. The British ships narrowly missed a Japanese task force in the night, in part because Prince of Wales radar had malfunctioned in the heat and humidity. Prince of Wales, which had inflicted eventually fatal damage on the German battleship Bismarck at the Battle of Denmark Straits, was the most powerful modern battleship in the Pacific Theater at the time and thus a serious threat to Japanese plans. In an effort to disrupt the attack the RN dispatched Force Z, including the battleship Prince of Wales, the battlecruiser Repulse, and four destroyers to intercept the Japanese invaders. To recap: Shortly after news of the Pearl Harbor raid reached Singapore, the Royal Navy (RN) received intelligence of Japanese amphibious attacks on Malaya. British battlecruiser HMS Repulse sailing from Singapore on its last operation, December 8, 1941.