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Italy vs Saudi Arabia

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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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Saudi Arabia is a country located in Middle East with an area of 2,149,690 km2 (land boundries: 4,272 km and costline 2,640 km). The capital of Saudi Arabia is Riyadh. The number of inhabitants is 34,218,169.

Saudi-led coalition of Arab states invaded Yemen in 2015. The inventory of the Saudi military forces, including the SANG, includes a mix of mostly modern weapons systems from the US and Europe. The United States is the leading supplier of armaments. In 2021 Saudi Arabia was the world's largest arms importer.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 32 billion $ 69 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.5% 8.3%

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: 165,500 480,000
Reserve personnel: 18,300 325,000
Available for military: 13,865,688 8,240,714

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

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Tanks: 200 1,275
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,758 6,347
Total artillery: 197 2,580
Self-propelled artillery: 68 510
Rocket artillery: 21 252

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: 712 1,407
Fighter aircraft: 92 141
Multirole aircraft: 66 72
Attack aircraft: 45 151
Helicopters: 423 491
UCAV (combat drone): 12 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: 200 34
Aircraftcarriers: 2 0
Destroyers: 4 0
Frigates: 15 11
Corvettes: 0 9
Submarines: 8 0

Total naval

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

Italy

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

Saudi Arabia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Italy

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

Saudi Arabia

17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription.