RANKED: 5 Biggest Navies On Planet Earth in 2025 (USA Is Not Number 1)
ByBrent M. EastwoodPublished19 hours ago
Gotland-Class SubmarinesGotland-Class Submarines and more from Sweden. Image Credit: Swedish Navy.
Naval historian and sage Alfred Thayer Mahan always said, “Whoever rules the waves rules the world.”
The 5 Biggest Navies in the World
This quote is still relevant today, and numerous countries compete with each other to see who can sail the greatest number of ships to protect their homeland and project power in different regions.
But is this about quality or quantity? Which country has the fleet to dominate the world like Mahan so eloquently and succinctly described? Let’s examine the five countries with the world’s largest naval fleets.
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