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Poland vs Azerbaijan

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Poland is a country located in Central Europe with an area of 312,679 km2 (land boundries: 2,865 km and costline 440 km). The capital of Poland is Warsaw. The number of inhabitants is 38,268,000.

Poland joined NATO in 1999 and hosts US-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup since 2007. The inventory of the Polish Armed Forces consists of a mix of Soviet-era and more modern Western weapons systems. Poland announced in March 2022 plans to increase the size of its armed forces to 300,000 personnel and to allocate at least 3% of GDP to defense. Modernization plan would include such items as 5th generation combat aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, rocket artillery, helicopters, submarines and frigates.

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Azerbaijan is a country located in Southwestern Asia with an area of 86,600 km2 (land boundries: 2,468 km and costline 0 km (landlocked); note - Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (713 km)). The capital of Azerbaijan is Baku. The number of inhabitants is 10,127,874.

The inventory of the Azerbaijan military is comprised mostly of Russian and Soviet-era weapons systems with a small mix of equipment from other countries, like Israel and Turkey.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 31.37 billion $ 3 billion $
Percent of GDP: 4.2% 5.5%

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: 150,000 126,400
Reserve personnel: 240,000 330,000
Available for military: 10,500,000 3,000,000

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

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Tanks: 577 940
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,342 2,363
Total artillery: 775 909
Self-propelled artillery: 601 267
Rocket artillery: 174 323

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: 461 176
Fighter aircraft: 23 5
Multirole aircraft: 48 15
Attack aircraft: 18 11
Helicopters: 212 97
UCAV (combat drone): 6 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: 66 31
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 2 1
Corvettes: 2 0
Submarines: 1 4

Total naval

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

Poland

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Azerbaijan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Poland

18-28 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription phased out in 2009-12; service obligation shortened from 12 to 9 months in 2005; women only allowed to serve as officers and noncommissioned officers.

Azerbaijan

18-35 years of age for cumpulsory military service; service obligation 18 months or 12 months for university graduates; 17 years of age for voluntary service; 17 year olds are considered to be on active service at cadet military schools.