Claim: Britain is the third largest military power in the world.
Fact-check: Does the UK have the world's third most powerful military? - Full Fact
Verdict: a think tank ranked the uk third in the world for "military might" based on judgements about countries' defence spending, nuclear power, infrastructure, personnel and readiness. but this isn't the only way to measure military strength and a number of others rank the uk slightly lower.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2019-04-24T00:00:00