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Netherlands vs Indonesia

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Netherlands Indonesia

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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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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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 15.2 billion $ 10.1 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.7% 0.7%

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: 41,199 400,000
Reserve personnel: 6,532 400,000
Available for military: 7,728,129 131,000,000

Active

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

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Tanks: 18 241
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,116 1,319
Total artillery: 75 796
Self-propelled artillery: 52 145
Rocket artillery: 0 90

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: 183 465
Fighter aircraft: 0 5
Multirole aircraft: 61 44
Attack aircraft: 0 51
Helicopters: 82 203
UCAV (combat drone): 4 6

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: 144 347
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 4 0
Frigates: 2 7
Corvettes: 0 24
Submarines: 4 4

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.

Indonesia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Netherlands

17 years of age for an all-volunteer force.

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.