China has the largest army in the world. The People's Liberation (!) Army of the People's Republic of China counts millions of soldiers. (still looking for the exact number.
And I'm unsure about the others. The UK? Saudi-Arabia?

Any of the states with nuclear weapons have the capability of nearly complete destruction of any state on earth, so if we are going no-holds barred, then the nations with the most destructive potential are United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan, and DPR Korea, in approximately that order. With the possession of nuclear weapons, the strength of the rest of the military would be relatively obselete.

I'm also assuming that we leave any peace treaties out of the equation, as many countries have agreements with much more powerful state militaries for assistance in war.

Sorry for the triple post, but @Moros, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army. Its approximately 600 million fit-for-service. Almost 3 million active personnel, and nearly a million in reserve.

If you count the sheer numbers, and leave nuclear weapons out of the equation, China is the best (2,3 million). The US is second with 1,38 million, then comes India (1,3) and Russia (1,24). But the US spends ten times as much money on their army as China does.

600 million? I couldn't find that number on the source you provided.

Moros, good point but that is exactly what I was saying. If you say that numbers is the lone factor for "best" then no question. But as you pointed out , a well trained army of skilled "warriors" can take China for example anytime.

Did you mean #elite! warriors?

Let's have a look: http://warlight.net/SinglePlayer.aspx?PreviewMap=1748

The strongest is Russia with +13
Then USA and China with +10
Then Canada, Caucasus, Greenland, Europe and Australia with +5

^win
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Europe has the same amount of soldiers as Greenland ;)
Darn those inuit!

@ Eliod: lol

@ sasha: Shut up and go away. This is an interesting discussion - no need for your simple minded try to troll again.

I smell #elite! bullshit again

Sacha, please attend school or college - it's do you well.

Anyway, getting back on topic, another thing to remember is that time will change things and powers will shift. Who knows who will be the strongest nations in 100 years?

#elite! nation for sure

Andorra will be the most powerfull nation in 100 years. They are making a big plan to invade the world. Secretly they have millions of soldiers (also known as chinese people) under their command :p

China. They have the largest army in the world. They also have arounde the same, amybe less, of tanks, boats, nukes, etc. If they decide to invade the U.S, they might have a chance in suceeding. Unless, of course, the U.S. nukes them first :)

I just hope that for any reason on this world we won't need to check who is the best in that field... it would be the end for the human race if they use nukes :/

Yep. Or Fallout will actualy be based on a true story. lol

But yes what you said is completely true.