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Malaysia vs Egypt

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Malaysia is a country located in Southeastern Asia with an area of 330,803 km2 (land boundries: 2,742 km and costline 4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607 km)). The capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur. The number of inhabitants is 32,730,000.

Malaysia is a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements, a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 embracing Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Malaysia also cooperates closely with the US military. the Malaysian Armed Forces field a diverse mix of mostly older imported weapons systems.

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Egypt is a country located in Northern Africa with an area of 1,010,407 km2 (land boundries: 2,612 km and costline 2,450 km). The capital of Egypt is Cairo. The number of inhabitants is 101,576,517.

Egypt has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US. The EAF's inventory is comprised of a mix of domestically produced, imported Soviet-era, and more modern, particularly Western, weapons systems. The leading suppliers of military hardware to Egypt are France, Russia, and the United States.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 3.6 billion $ 11 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.16% 0%

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: 0 438,500
Reserve personnel: 51,600 479,000
Available for military: 14,817,517 41,157,220

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

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Tanks: 48 3,789
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,276 8,699
Total artillery: 250 4,328
Self-propelled artillery: 0 889
Rocket artillery: 54 1,250

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: 122 1,103
Fighter aircraft: 0 44
Multirole aircraft: 26 278
Attack aircraft: 12 121
Helicopters: 54 310
UCAV (combat drone): 0 32

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: 111 193
Aircraftcarriers: 0 2
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 3 14
Corvettes: 6 7
Submarines: 2 8

Total naval

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

Malaysia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Egypt

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Malaysia

17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service (younger with parental consent and proof of age); mandatory retirement age 60; women serve in the Malaysian Armed Forces; no conscription.

Egypt

18-30 years of age for male conscript military service; service obligation - 18-36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation; voluntary enlistment possible from age 16.