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Malaysia vs Jordan

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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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Jordan is a country located in Middle East with an area of 89,341 km2 (land boundries: 1,744 km and costline 26 km). The capital of Jordan is Amman. The number of inhabitants is 10,658,123.

Jordan has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the United States. Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994. The JAF inventory is comprised of a wide mix of imported equipment from Europe, Russia, and the USA.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 3.6 billion $ 2.6 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.16% 6.5%

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: 0 100,500
Reserve personnel: 51,600 65,000
Available for military: 14,817,517 3,285,575

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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 1,588
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,276 3,653
Total artillery: 250 633
Self-propelled artillery: 0 461
Rocket artillery: 54 88

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: 122 255
Fighter aircraft: 0 0
Multirole aircraft: 26 44
Attack aircraft: 12 4
Helicopters: 54 140
UCAV (combat drone): 0 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: 111 27
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 3 0
Corvettes: 6 0
Submarines: 2 0

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.

Jordan

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.

Jordan

17 years of age for voluntary male military service; initial service term 2 years, with option to reenlist for 18 years; conscription at age 18 suspended in 1999; women are not conscripted, but can volunteer to serve in noncombat military positions in the Royal Jordanian Arab Army Women's Corps and RJAF.