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Indonesia is a country located in Southeastern Asia with an area of 1,904,569 km2 (land boundries: 2,958 km and costline 54,716 km). The capital of Indonesia is Jakarta. The number of inhabitants is 270,203,917.

The Indonesian military inventory comes from a wide variety of sources. Indonesia has a growing defense industry fueled by technology transfers and cooperation agreements with several countries. The Indonesian Government publicly said in 2022 that growing its domestic defense industry is a national priority over the next 5-10 years.

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Syria is a country located in Middle East with an area of 185,180 km2 (land boundries: 2,363 km and costline 193 km). The capital of Syria is Damascus. The number of inhabitants is 17,500,657.

The SAF's inventory is comprised mostly of Russian and Soviet-era equipment. Russia has supplied nearly all of Syria's imported weapons systems, although China and Iran have also provided military equipment.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 10.1 billion $ 1.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0.7% 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: 400,000 169,000
Reserve personnel: 400,000 0
Available for military: 131,000,000 11,550,000

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

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Tanks: 241 3,507
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,319 4,639
Total artillery: 796 3,343
Self-propelled artillery: 145 502
Rocket artillery: 90 691

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: 465 470
Fighter aircraft: 5 108
Multirole aircraft: 44 29
Attack aircraft: 51 90
Helicopters: 203 171
UCAV (combat drone): 6 0

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: 347 43
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 7 0
Corvettes: 24 0
Submarines: 4 0

Total naval

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

Indonesia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Syria

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Indonesia

18-27 years of age for voluntary or compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.

Syria

18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation is 18 months; women are not conscripted but may volunteer to serve; re-enlistment obligation 5 years, with retirement after 15 years or age 40 or 20 years or age 45.