JUST IN: 🇷🇺🇮🇷 Russia's An-225 military aircraft, the largest cargo plane in the world, has landed in Iran.
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🚢 The World’s Biggest Submarine Fleets
Submarines are crucial for navies because they provide stealthy, strategic capabilities for surveillance, deterrence, and offensive operations in underwater environments.

This graphic shows the top 12 countries by their number of military submarines as of July 2024, based on data from GlobalFirepower.com.

🌊 Russia Has the Biggest Fleet
Russia ranks first with 65 submarines, followed by the U.S. (64) and China (61). Combined, the three countries account for 40% of the global fleet.

🇷🇺 Russia: 65
🇺🇸 United States: 64
🇨🇳 China: 61
🇰🇵 North Korea: 35
🇯🇵 Japan: 23
🇰🇷 South Korea: 22
🇮🇷 Iran: 19
🇮🇳 India: 18
🇹🇷 Turkey: 12
🇬🇷 Greece: 11
🇬🇧 UK: 10
🇫🇷 France: 9
🔧 Technological Superiority
When it comes to technology, the U.S. is ahead. According to Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. submarine technology is one generation, or 10 to 20 years, ahead of counterparts like China.

The latest addition to the U.S. Navy, the Columbia-class nuclear submarine, is the most sophisticated vessel of its kind. It is stealthy and equipped with 16 missile tubes. The American fleet also has the Seawolf class, designed to address the threat of Soviet ballistic missile submarines and replace the aging Los Angeles class of submarines. During the 1980s, a fleet of 29 submarines was to be built, which was reduced to 12. With the end of the Cold War and each submarine costing about $3 billion, the program was reduced to only three units.

🛠️ Russian Fleet Highlights
Among the Russian fleet, the Sierra II Class, also known as Project 945A Kondor Class, remains one of the most expensive and deep-diving submarines. These vessels were explicitly developed for search and destroy missions against U.S. nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines.

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🚔🇺🇸 The Number of Active Duty Troops in Each U.S. State
The U.S. has the world’s seventh-largest military, numbering more than 2 million personnel. Of them, 1.1 million active duty troops are stationed within the country.

Ranked: U.S. States Hosting the Most Active Duty Troops
According to March 2024 figures from the Defense Manpower Data Center, the distribution of active duty troops across U.S. states is as follows:

California: 157,367 troops

Navy: 75,000
Marines: 54,000
Notable: Marine recruitment center in San Diego.
Virginia: 126,145 troops

Home to the world's largest naval base in Norfolk.
Headquarters to all services located at the Pentagon.
Texas: 111,005 troops

Army: 66,000
Air Force: 34,000
Hosts nine military bases.
North Carolina: 91,077 troops

Home to the country's largest army base.
Florida: 66,039 troops

Large presence of Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard.
Georgia: 63,391 troops

Washington: 56,572 troops

Hawaii: 44,423 troops

Colorado: 36,111 troops

Space Force operations: 4,000 troops.
South Carolina: 32,897 troops

Other Notable States
Kentucky: 30,755 troops
Maryland: 28,059 troops
Alaska: 20,784 troops
Kansas: 19,769 troops
Oklahoma: 19,084 troops
New York: 18,262 troops
Illinois: 17,197 troops
Total: 1,119,432 active duty personnel
Key Points
The top 10 states host 70% of all active duty U.S. personnel.
Except for Colorado, the top 10 states are along the coast.
Nearly 170,000 active duty troops are stationed overseas, primarily in Japan, Germany, and South Korea.
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