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Poland vs Saudi Arabia

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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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Saudi Arabia is a country located in Middle East with an area of 2,149,690 km2 (land boundries: 4,272 km and costline 2,640 km). The capital of Saudi Arabia is Riyadh. The number of inhabitants is 34,218,169.

Saudi-led coalition of Arab states invaded Yemen in 2015. The inventory of the Saudi military forces, including the SANG, includes a mix of mostly modern weapons systems from the US and Europe. The United States is the leading supplier of armaments. In 2021 Saudi Arabia was the world's largest arms importer.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 31.37 billion $ 69 billion $
Percent of GDP: 4.2% 8.3%

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: 150,000 480,000
Reserve personnel: 240,000 325,000
Available for military: 10,500,000 8,240,714

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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 1,275
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,342 6,347
Total artillery: 775 2,580
Self-propelled artillery: 601 510
Rocket artillery: 174 252

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 1,407
Fighter aircraft: 23 141
Multirole aircraft: 48 72
Attack aircraft: 18 151
Helicopters: 212 491
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 34
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 2 11
Corvettes: 2 9
Submarines: 1 0

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.

Saudi Arabia

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.

Saudi Arabia

17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription.