EU VS RUSSIA MILITARY STRENGTHS

GDP

1.European Union: Combined GDP: $ 19 trillion dollars

2.Russia: $ 1.9 trillion dollars

Population

1.European Union: 508 million (1.4 million active military personnel + 1.7 million reserves

2.Russia: 143 million (2.5 million reserve personnel, currently 766,000 signed up for active military service)

Defense Spending

1.European Union: 226 billion dollars (1.5% of combined GDP)

2.Russia: $ 47 billion

Nuclear Strengths

1. UK 160 deployed warheads + 65 in reserve, France 290 deployed warheads + 10 in reserve

2.Russia: 1,920 deployed warheads + 5,380 warheads in the wings or ready for dismantlement

Land Weapons

1.European Union: 6,700 tanks, 48,971 armored fighting vehicles, 2,312 self-propelled guns, 3,492 towed-artillery, and 1,069 multiple launch rocket Systems

2.Russia: 15,400 tanks,  31,300 armored fighting vehicles, 5,972 self-propelled guns, 4,625 towed artillery and 3,793 multiple launch rocket systems

Air Force

1.European Union: 6,751 aircrafts + a handful of leading fighter jets

2.Russia: Air Force: 3,100 aircrafts including multi-role fighter Sukhoi-35 and interceptor MiG-31

Navy

1.European Union: 61 submarines, 102 frigates, 21 destroyers, 39 corvettes, 167 Mine Warfare Craft, 210 patrol craft, and 4 aircraft carriers

2.Russia: 60 submarines, 4 frigates, 15 destroyers, 81 corvettes, 45 mine warfare craft, 14 patrol craft and only one aircraft carrier

Oil Capacity

1.European Union: Production 1.7 million barrels of oil a day + 5.6 billion barrels of oil reserve. Consumption: Higher than Production

2.Russia: Production 10 million barrels daily, consumption 3.3 million barrels a day. 80 billion barrel oil reserve.