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Bulgarian Army is 60th in the world when it comes to firepower

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The Bulgarian Army has been ranked 60th in the global firepower index /https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp/ for 2018. Bulgaria places after Finland and before Austria, Slovakia and Portugal. The United States Army is said to be the strongest, followed by Russia and China. When it comes to Bulgaria’s neighbors, Turkey places 9th, Greece places 28th, Romania is 40th, Serbia - 78th and Macedonia occupies the 118th place. Albania is 86th. A total of 136 armies have been analyzed according to 55 different criteria.



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