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Finland vs Italy

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Finland is a country located in Northern Europe with an area of 338,424 km2 (land boundries: 2,563 km and costline 1,250 km). The capital of Finland is Helsinki. The number of inhabitants is 5,536,146.

Finland was not a member of NATO, but Finland and NATO actively cooperated in peace-support operations, exercised together, and exchanged analysis and information. Finland is a signatory of the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). On 5 July 2022, NATO signed the accession protocol for Finland to join the alliance. The inventory of the Finnish Defense Forces consists of a wide mix of mostly modern US, European, and domestically-produced weapons systems.

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Italy is a country located in Southern Europe with an area of 301,338 km2 (land boundries: 1,836.4 km and costline 7,600 km). The capital of Italy is Rome. The number of inhabitants is 60,317,116.

Italy is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. The Italian Armed Forces inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced, jointly-produced, and imported weapons systems, mostly from Europe and the United State. The Italian defense industry is capable of producing equipment across all the military domains with particular strengths in naval vessels and aircraft

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 3.3 billion $ 32 billion $
Percent of GDP: 2% 1.5%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 23,800 165,500
Reserve personnel: 900,000 18,300
Available for military: 1,155,368 13,865,688

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 239 200
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,020 2,758
Total artillery: 821 197
Self-propelled artillery: 97 68
Rocket artillery: 62 21

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 158 712
Fighter aircraft: 0 92
Multirole aircraft: 55 66
Attack aircraft: 0 45
Helicopters: 27 423
UCAV (combat drone): 0 12

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 170 200
Aircraftcarriers: 0 2
Destroyers: 0 4
Frigates: 0 15
Corvettes: 2 0
Submarines: 0 8

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Finland

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Italy

Italy participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.

Military service

Finland

18 years of age for male voluntary and compulsory - and female voluntary - national military and nonmilitary service; service obligation 6-12 months; military obligation to age 60

Italy

18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; women may serve in any military branch; Italian citizenship required; 1-year service obligation.