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Asian military posture
Ability to deploy rapidly and for a sustained period in the event of an interstate conflict in Asia
Distribution of Asia Power Index countries
This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for asian military posture.
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Asian military posture
Ability to deploy rapidly and for a sustained period in the event of an interstate conflict in Asia
Rankings
Indicators
Rank
Score
Trend
Country / Territory
Weighting 10%
1
100.0
—
United States
2
+1
82.2
China
3
+2
74.5
—
India
4
+2
71.5
Russia
5
−1
70.1
Australia
6
−4
69.3
South Korea
7
+1
59.5
Vietnam
8
−1
57.6
Japan
9
56.5
Singapore
10
+1
55.4
Pakistan
11
−1
45.8
North Korea
12
−1
42.1
Thailand
13
+2
38.2
Taiwan
14
36.5
Indonesia
15
−2
34.6
Malaysia
16
+1
24.3
New Zealand
17
−1
23.4
Myanmar
18
+1
17.1
Mongolia
19
−1
15.8
Bangladesh
20
14.3
Philippines
21
+1
8.8
Sri Lanka
22
−1
8.6
Nepal
23
5.4
Cambodia
24
−1
4.9
Brunei
25
2.2
Laos
26
0.0
—
Papua New Guinea
Dataset
2020
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