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Netherlands is a country located in Western Europe with an area of 41,543 km2 (land boundries: 1,053 km and costline 451 km). The capital of Netherlands is Amsterdam. The number of inhabitants is 17,469,635.

The Netherlands is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed an agreement to conduct joint air policing of their territories in 2015. They trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries. The inventory of the Netherlands Armed Forces consists of a mix of domestically-produced and modern European and United States equipment. The Netherlands has an advanced domestic defense industry that focuses on armored vehicles, naval ships, and air defense systems

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Brazil is a country located in Eastern South America with an area of 8,515,767 km2 (land boundries: 16,145 km and costline 7,491 km). The capital of Brazil is Brasília. The number of inhabitants is 210,147,125.

Brazil has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the United States. MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, but it does not entail any security obligations. The Brazilian military's inventory consists of a mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons, largely from Europe and the US. Brazil's defense industry is capable of designing and manufacturing equipment for all three military services

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 15.2 billion $ 19.2 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.7% 1.2%

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: 41,199 334,500
Reserve personnel: 6,532 1,340,000
Available for military: 7,728,129 53,350,703

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

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Tanks: 18 469
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,116 1,696
Total artillery: 75 760
Self-propelled artillery: 52 136
Rocket artillery: 0 78

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: 183 473
Fighter aircraft: 0 45
Multirole aircraft: 61 3
Attack aircraft: 0 77
Helicopters: 82 182
UCAV (combat drone): 4 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: 144 216
Aircraftcarriers: 0 1
Destroyers: 4 0
Frigates: 2 6
Corvettes: 0 2
Submarines: 4 7

Total naval

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

Netherlands

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

Brazil

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Netherlands

17 years of age for an all-volunteer force.

Brazil

18-45 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 10-12 months; 17-45 years of age for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer professionals; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps.