Military power of Romania & Taiwan
Romania vs Taiwan
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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.
More about Romania militaryTaiwan is a country located in Eastern Asia with an area of 36,193 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 1,566.3 km). The capital of Taiwan is Taipei. The number of inhabitants is 23,568,378.
The Taiwan military is armed mostly with second-hand weapons and equipment provided by the USA. Taiwan also has a domestic defense industry capable of building a range of military equipment.
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Military expenditures
 RO |  TW | |
|---|---|---|
| Military budget: | 6.14 billion $ | 19.3 billion $ |
| Percent of GDP: | 2.5% | 2.3% |
Manpower
| RO | TW | |
|---|---|---|
| Active personnel: | 68,500 | 290,000 |
| Reserve personnel: | 53,000 | 2,310,000 |
| Available for military: | 5,601,234 | 5,883,828 |
Land Forces
| RO | TW | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanks: | 440 | 1,160 | |
| Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,352 | 1,714 | |
| Total artillery: | 1,355 | 1,944 | |
| Self-propelled artillery: | 53 | 440 | |
| Rocket artillery: | 207 | 126 |
Air Forces
| RO | TW | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total aircraft: | 165 | 814 | |
| Fighter aircraft: | 23 | 129 | |
| Multirole aircraft: | 14 | 189 | |
| Attack aircraft: | 0 | 0 | |
| Helicopters: | 69 | 237 | |
| UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 0 |
Navy
| RO | TW | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total naval: | 55 | 96 | |
| Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
| Destroyers: | 0 | 4 | |
| Frigates: | 3 | 22 | |
| Corvettes: | 7 | 1 | |
| Submarines: | 1 | 4 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Romania
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Taiwan
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Military service
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.
Taiwan
Males 18-36 years of age may volunteer for military service or must complete 4 months of compulsory military training (or substitute civil service in some cases); women may enlist; women in Air Force service are restricted to noncombat roles; for men born before December 1993, compulsory service (military or civil) is 1 year; for 8 years after discharge, men are subject to training recall four times for periods not to exceed 20 days.