Comoros — Military Capability Assessment
Force structure, readiness, power projection, and deterrence: the Bureau’s strategic assessment of Comoros’s military capability — scored 0–100 across 24 causal dimensions.
Last updated: October 2026
Stronger than 48% of the 195 ranked countries.
Nearest neighbors
| Rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|
| #100 | Republic of the Congo | 34.0/100 |
| #101 | Bahamas | 33.9/100 |
| #102 | Comoros (you) | 33.8/100 |
| #103 | Saint Lucia | 33.8/100 |
| #104 | Guyana | 33.6/100 |
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Why this score — the assessment, decomposed
The 33.76/100 rests first on Command & control (65.00), Force mass (60.00), Land warfare (60.00). The binding constraints: Air power (8.00), Submarine force (8.00), Nuclear survivability (6.50) — in a causal model, capability can never rise above its weakest observed link. What would move the needle: Air power (8.00) — the weak link in the spending → equipment → readiness → capability chain.
- Alliance architecture adds a +5.78 bonus.
- Nuclear deterrence contributes a capped +0.63 bonus — it cannot manufacture top-tier conventional standing on its own.
- Force mass is capped by what equipment, training and sustainment can actually support — headcount alone scores nothing.
10 of 24 dimensions could not be observed (Equipment quality, ISR & intelligence, Missile forces, Air defense, Cyber & space, Strategic lift…); missing data caps the score — it never inflates it.
The six sub-scores
All 24 causal dimensions
Assessment coverage: 60.9% — 14 of 24 dimensions observed. Military assessment, run 2026-10-04; evidence snapshot: CIA World Factbook 2026-09-28, SIPRI arms-producer revenue, nuclear taxonomy.
Air power
Kernel assessment: Air power 8.00/100 (observed).
Type-by-type inventory in preparation — this dossier deepens as coverage grows. Nothing here is estimated silently.
Land power
Kernel assessment: Land warfare 60.00/100 (observed).
Type-by-type inventory in preparation — this dossier deepens as coverage grows. Nothing here is estimated silently.
Sea power
Kernel assessment: Naval power 22.80/100 (observed).
Type-by-type inventory in preparation — this dossier deepens as coverage grows. Nothing here is estimated silently.
Missiles & air defense
Missile forces could not be observed in this assessment — missing data caps the score, it is never treated as zero.
Type-by-type inventory in preparation — this dossier deepens as coverage grows. Nothing here is estimated silently.
Nuclear
Status: Non-nuclear-weapon state; party to the NPT
Force structure — record
National Army for Development (l'Armee Nationale de Developpement, AND): Comoran Defense Force (Force Comorienne de Defense or FCD; includes Comoran National Gendarmerie); Ministry of Interior: Coast Guard, Federal Police, National Directorate of Territorial Safety (customs and immigration) (2024)
estimated 600 Defense Force; estimated 500 Federal Police (2023)
the AND is lightly armed and equipped with small arms, a few light aircraft, and utility vehicles (2024)
18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2023)
the focus for the security forces is search and rescue operations and maintaining internal security; a defense treaty with France provides naval resources for the protection of territorial waters, training of Comoran military personnel, and air surveillance; France maintains a small maritime base and a Foreign Legion contingent on neighboring Mayotte (2024)
MILITARY POWER 33.76/100 — The Magna Military Power score is our 0–100 measure of causal military capability — 24 dimensions (mass, equipment, readiness, projection, industry, nuclear deterrence), aggregated through a dependency graph, never by simple addition.
Momentum 0 — Quarterly momentum: the Bureau's read on the country's trajectory over the last quarter, from −10 (deteriorating fast) to +10 (accelerating).
Jul–Sep 2026 came and went without leaving a mark on the country's trajectory. Continuity, not change, is the story.
For a small or mid-sized state, that is often the good outcome: no shock to absorb, no crisis to manage.
What is Comoros's military power score?
Comoros's military power score is 33.76/100, measuring causal military capability across 24 dimensions.
Where does Comoros rank in military power?
Comoros ranks #102 of 195 countries in military power in Magna Bureau military rankings.