Global Firepower ranks the strength of Vietnam's Air Force and Navy

Aside from the overall ranking at 16th, where do the Vietnam People's Air Force and Navy currently stand on the Global Firepower rankings?

Air Force

The Global Firepower organization currently ranks the Vietnam People's Air Force 34th out of 133 countries and territories surveyed.

Specifically, they said we currently possess 278 aircraft of various types. Of these, 76 are fighters, 73 are attack aircraft, 161 are transport aircraft, and 25 are trainer aircraft.

According to Global Firepower, the Vietnam People's Air Force has a large helicopter fleet of 137 aircraft, including 25 professional armed helicopters.

Su-30MK2 multi-role fighter squadron of the Vietnam Air Force.

The above information from Global Firepower is clearly for reference only, for example, Vietnam currently has no real attack helicopters since the Mi-24A squadron retired, but the report gives a surprisingly large number.

Furthermore, if the number of species is added together, the number will exceed 278, the reason being most likely the existence of cross-breeding between species.

Typically, the Su-30MK2 can be classified as both a fighter and a ground-sea attack aircraft. Similarly, the 161 transport aircraft will include both C-295M fixed-wing aircraft and Mi-8/17 helicopters.

Navy

According to Global Firepower, the Vietnam People's Navy is currently ranked 36th out of 110 countries and territories considered.

This list is shorter than air force because many countries have quite special geographical conditions in that they are landlocked.

However, the very surprising and perhaps funny factor is that the ranking includes the Lao Navy (65th place because they still build a river force under the name "Navy").

Molniya 1241.8 fast attack missile boat of the Vietnam People's Navy.

Global Firepower said that the Vietnamese Navy currently has 65 ships of various types, including 7 frigates (Frigate - Petya and Gepard 3.9), 13 small-sized escort ships (Corvette - Molniya, BPS-500...), 6 submarines (Kilo 636 class, not including mini-submarines purchased from North Korea), 25 small patrol boats and 8 minesweepers (Yuka and Sonya).

The above ranking by Global Firepower is based only on quantity and not on quality, so the North Korean Navy occupies the number 1 position with 967 ships of all types, China is in second place with 714 ships, and the United States is in third place with 415 ships.

Next is Iran - 398 ships, Russia - 352 ships, Egypt - 319 ships, India - 295 ships, Finland 270 ships, Colombia - 234 ships and Indonesia - 221 ships.

According to baodatviet