Enthusiast website lists Egypt as 12th strongest military globally

Egypt ranks 12th overall on enthusiast website Global Firepower Index’s annual ranking of the world’s most powerful militaries, the best finish for a MENA player ahead of our eastern neighbor Israel, which ranks 16th. As usual, the index looks at raw numbers gathered from CIA.gov, Wikipedia and other publicly available data — and ignores training, ability to execute combined-arms operations, battle-readiness, technology as a force multiplier and the like. Makes for a nice listicle, though. The United States, China and Russia top the list, which is getting plenty of play in a certain type of national and international media.