United States Armed forces

USA
Population
333,287,557
Military budget
916 billion $
Active personnel
1,358,500
Nuclear weapons
7 200 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Washington
Area: 9,857,306 km2
Population: 333,287,557
Etnic groups: white 79.96%, black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%
Religions: Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%

Military branches

(United States Armed Forces) US Army, US Navy (includes Marine Corps), US Air Force, US Coast Guard; note - Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the Department of Homeland Security, but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy.

Military service

18 years of age (17 years of age with parental consent) for male and female voluntary service; no conscription; maximum enlistment age 42 (Army), 27 (Air Force), 34 (Navy), 28 (Marines); service obligation 8 years, including 2-5 years active duty (Army), 2 years active (Navy), 4 years active (Air Force, Marines); DoD is eliminating prohibitions restricting women from assignments in units smaller than brigades or near combat units.

Military expenditures

Military budget
916 billion $
Percent of GDP
3.4

Manpower

Active personnel
1,358,500
Reserve
799,500
Available
73,270,043

Land Forces

Tanks
5,652
AFV
38,639
Artillery
3,161
Self-propelled guns
1,521
Rocket artillery
705
Armoured fighting vehicles includes infantry fighting vehicles, tank destroyers, armoured personnel carriers, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles(MRAP), amphibious and reconnaissance vehicles.
Total artillery includes towed, self-propelled gun(SPG) and rocket artillery.

Tanks

TypeNameNumber
- M10 Booker 12

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
- M1117 1800
- M1200 Armored Knight 465
- RG-33 2386
- Buffalo 750
- RG-31 1963

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber

Air Forces

Total aircraft
13,175
Fighters
377
Multirole
2,484
Attack
531
Helicopters
4,928
UCAV (combat drone)
444
Total aircraft - number of all military aircraft and helicopters in country. Includes training and cargo aircraft. Does not include drones.
Attack includes ground-attack and strategic bomber aircraft.

Fighter aircraft

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- F-15E Strike Eagle 218
- F-15EX Eagle II 6

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- AC-130 31
- B-52 76
- B-21 Raider 1

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- HH-65 Dolphin 98
- AH-1Z Viper 90
- CH-53E Super Stallion 135
- MH-53 Sea Dragon 29
- MH-139 Grey Wolf 4
- TH-67 Creek 88
- TH-57 Sea Ranger 115
- MH/AH-6M Little Bird 47
- UH-72A Lakota 470
- UH-1Y Venom 160
- VH-3D Sea King 11

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
- General Atomics Avenger 8
- MQ-1C Gray Eagle 204

Navy

Total naval
460
Aircraftcarriers
20
Destroyers
97
Frigates
0
Corvettes
23
Submarines
69
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

TypeNameNumber
- America-class 2

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
- -

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
- Freedom 8
- Independence 15

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- Seawolf 3

Nuclear weapons

The first country to develop and to military use nuclear warheads in the world. Everything started from the Manhattan project, a research that had one particular goal in focus – to develop and produce the first nuclear weapon. Americans were the first to wield such powerful weapon. Everything started in 1941, which is date of the beginning of Manhattan project. Since the end of the Second World War, United States became the leading country when it comes to possessing nuclear warheads and it lasted approximately to 1980s. We should also bear in mind that United States are also the only nation that ever used nuclear weapon in military conflict.

In 1960, the amount of warheads stored by Americans exceeded 30,000. However, it is worth to note that throughout the entire period of the so-called Cold War, USA managed to build approximately 70,000 nuclear warheads, what is more than all other countries with access to nuclear weapons combined. From the first test that happened in 1945 to this day, the USA conducted 1054 tests of atomic bombs. Still, as a result of introduced restrictions on the amount of warheads one state can possess, the current number has dropped to 6500 warheads. Noteworthy is also the fact that out of this number, United States deployed only 1600.