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Netherlands vs Italy

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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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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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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 15.2 billion $ 32 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.7% 1.5%

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: 41,199 165,500
Reserve personnel: 6,532 18,300
Available for military: 7,728,129 13,865,688

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

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Tanks: 18 200
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,116 2,758
Total artillery: 75 197
Self-propelled artillery: 52 68
Rocket artillery: 0 21

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: 183 712
Fighter aircraft: 0 92
Multirole aircraft: 61 66
Attack aircraft: 0 45
Helicopters: 82 423
UCAV (combat drone): 4 12

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: 144 200
Aircraftcarriers: 0 2
Destroyers: 4 4
Frigates: 2 15
Corvettes: 0 0
Submarines: 4 8

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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.

Italy

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

Military service

Netherlands

17 years of age for an all-volunteer force.

Italy

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