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There are two ways of assessing Israel's military power. One is to consider only conventional capability and the other is to also include non-conventional weapons as well. Israel is one of 7-8 nations possessing nuclear weapons. Of these nations, Pakistan and North Korea have clearly inferior militaries, so Israel's rank is no lower than #6 in the world. With British and French military spending to be severely cut in the near future and Israel rapidly expanding, this will be subject to change. Most rankings that do not take nuclesr weapons into account place Israel in the Top 10, usually 9 or 10. Israel's high ranking is a testament to its incredible technological superiority (aided in part by its close relationship with the United States), high level of training, particularly its special forces, superior intelligence apparatus, and an air force fleet that is second to none. Its highly mechanized army is small, however, and a prolonged military conflict against any capable nation is not one that Israel is able to fight. It lacks power projection capabilities (something only 3-4 nations possess), although that is slowly changing with its drone fleet and upgraded submarine force. Thus Israel, unlike any other nation in the top ten, has less room for error and must bring conflicts to a decisive conclusion sooner than later. Following the performance of the IDF in 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973, and 1982, the force developed a reputation as the invincible army and its commando units a lethal reputation for their daring missions. Since then, the prestige and place the military had in society has been somewhat eroded and other nations and terrorist groups in the midle east have acquired advanced military and paramilitary capabilities. Still, no middle eastern natiion (Turkey included) has any chance at attacking Israel and defeating it in a war as Israel, both conventionally and nonconventionally poses a grave existential threat to any such army and nation.

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