![]() Still sailing in 2017, the massive 28,000 ton-vessels are the largest surface combatants in the world and a truly formidable sight. Honorable mention goes to the Kirov-class Pyotr Velikiy (Peter the Great) and Admiral Nakhimov, the last battlecruisers on the world’s seas. Needless to say, they are all in service with the 11 Strongest Navies in the World. We ranked them according to their offensive firepower, the number of aircraft they carry, and their marine landing elements. Instead, we focused on surface ships, mainly aircraft carriers and their variants, such as amphibious assault ships, featuring full-length landing decks and a well dock, capable of launching over-the-horizon attacks. In fact, they are so powerful that we decided to leave them out of this list altogether, lest it become an article about the most powerful submarines in the world. These silent predators are indeed the most powerful ships in the world today. The power they wield is unparalleled in the history of warfare and it can’t be compared to any weapon system in human history, even for the foreseeable future. A ballistic missile submarine is able to wipe out entire nations with a single salvo of its arsenal. The new naval threat, the greatest of all so far, was born. In 1955, they managed to equip and successfully launch a ballistic missile from a submarine. They say that necessity is the mother of invention and the Soviet’s necessity was indeed great. ![]() Each of them carries a complement of 75 aircraft, which makes every single one of them more powerful than most air forces on the planet.ĭuring the Cold War, the Soviet Union was quick to realize that it couldn’t compete with such power. Today, the most powerful aircraft carriers in the world are the U.S Navy’s Nimitz and Ford-class supercarriers, displacing more than 100,000 tons, with crews of 5,000+. ![]() Soon, every navy in the world was scrambling to build carriers, with the United States leading the charge. A Japanese task force of six fleet carriers launched two waves of devastating attacks on the U.S Navy’s base in Pearl Harbor. The true power of an aircraft carrier was demonstrated on December 7, 1941. ![]()
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