Military power of Greece & North Korea
Greece vs North Korea
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Greece is a country located in Southern Europe with an area of 131,990 km2 (land boundries: 1,110 km and costline 13,676 km). The capital of Greece is Athens. The number of inhabitants is 10,718,565.
Greece joined NATO in 1952. The inventory of the Hellenic Armed Forces consists mostly of a mix of imported weapons from Europe and the USA. Germany is the leading supplier of weapons systems. Greece entered into a security agreement with France in 2021 that included the sale of frigates and fighter aircraft to augment its aging weapons systems. Greece's defense industry also is capable of producing a range of military hardware
More about Greece militaryNorth Korea is a country located in Eastern Asia with an area of 120,540 km2 (land boundries: 1,607 km and costline 2,495 km). The capital of North Korea is Pyongyang. The number of inhabitants is 25,549,604.
The KPA is equipped with older weapon systems originally acquired from the former Soviet Union, Russia, and China, as well as some domestically-produced equipment. The North Korea produces a diverse array of military hardware like light armored vehicles, tanks, naval vessels and submarines, and advanced weapons systems, such as ballistic missiles. North Korea developing also nuclear weapons.
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Military expenditures
 GR |  KP | |
|---|---|---|
| Military budget: | 7.6 billion $ | 1.6 billion $ |
| Percent of GDP: | 3.8% | 4.9% |
Manpower
| GR | KP | |
|---|---|---|
| Active personnel: | 107,600 | 1,280,000 |
| Reserve personnel: | 221,600 | 600,000 |
| Available for military: | 2,535,174 | 6,515,279 |
Land Forces
| GR | KP | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanks: | 1,365 | 6,000 | |
| Armoured fighting vehicles: | 4,126 | 4,000 | |
| Total artillery: | 1,469 | 13,000 | |
| Self-propelled artillery: | 588 | 4,500 | |
| Rocket artillery: | 152 | 4,000 |
Air Forces
| GR | KP | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total aircraft: | 855 | 960 | |
| Fighter aircraft: | 35 | 349 | |
| Multirole aircraft: | 202 | 35 | |
| Attack aircraft: | 0 | 188 | |
| Helicopters: | 427 | 202 | |
| UCAV (combat drone): | 3 | 0 |
Navy
| GR | KP | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total naval: | 236 | 967 | |
| Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
| Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
| Frigates: | 13 | 2 | |
| Corvettes: | 0 | 8 | |
| Submarines: | 11 | 72 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Greece
Does not have nuclear weapons.
North Korea
Although at the beginning North Korea joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, they withdrew from it on January 2003. It was a consequence of the United States accusation. The USA government claimed that North Korea was unofficially funding a program of uranium enrichment. Because of that, they cancelled the 1994 Agreed Framework treaty and cut off the energy assistance. Two years after withdrawing, the officials from North Korea claimed that they own operational nuclear arsenal. In spite of North Koreans assurances, the United States did not believe that North Korea really posses such weapons. As a result, the government of North Korea decided to conduct tests.
There were three tests that North Korea initially conducted. The first one, with the yield of less than a kiloton, took place in 2006. However, to show that this was in fact a nuclear detonation, North Koreans conducted second and third tests, respectable in 2009 and 2013. The maximum power of the blast of the aforementioned tests can be estimated to be up to 40 kilotons. However, a lot of sources claim that yield did not surpass 10-15 kilotons. Noteworthy is also the fact that in 2016, North Korea announced that they have conducted their first hydrogen-bomb test.
Military service
Greece
19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 18 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation is 1 year for the Army and 9 months for the Air Force and Navy; women are eligible for voluntary military service.
North Korea
18 is presumed to be the legal minimum age for compulsory military service; 16-17 is the presumed legal minimum age for voluntary service.