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Philippines vs Romania

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Philippines is a country located in Southeastern Asia with an area of 300,000 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 36,289 km). The capital of Philippines is Manila. The number of inhabitants is 106,651,394.

The Philippines has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is equipped with a mix of imported weapons systems, particularly second-hand equipment from the USA.

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Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe with an area of 238,391 km2 (land boundries: 2,844 km and costline 225 km). The capital of Romania is Bucharest. The number of inhabitants is 19,317,984.

Romania became a member of NATO in 2004. Romania conducts its own air policing mission, but because of Russian aggression in the Black Sea region, NATO allies have sent detachments of fighters to augment the Romanian Air Force since 2014. Romania hosts a NATO multinational divisional and a brigade-sized headquarters. The inventory of the Romanian Armed Forces is comprised mostly of Soviet-era and older domestically-produced weapons systems.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 4.4 billion $ 6.14 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.2% 2.5%

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: 143,100 68,500
Reserve personnel: 70,000 53,000
Available for military: 25,614,135 5,601,234

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

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Tanks: 18 440
Armoured fighting vehicles: 567 1,352
Total artillery: 325 1,355
Self-propelled artillery: 0 53
Rocket artillery: 0 207

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: 229 165
Fighter aircraft: 12 23
Multirole aircraft: 0 14
Attack aircraft: 13 0
Helicopters: 111 69
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: 196 55
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 2 3
Corvettes: 3 7
Submarines: 0 1

Total naval

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

Philippines

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Romania

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Philippines

17-23 years of age (officers 20-24) for voluntary military service; no conscription; applicants must be single male or female Philippine citizens with either 72 college credit hours (enlisted) or a baccalaureate degree (officers).

Romania

18 years of age for male and female voluntary service; conscription ended 2006; all military inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of service, with subsequent successive 3-year terms until age 36.