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Taiwan vs Saudi Arabia

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Taiwan 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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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: 19.3 billion $ 69 billion $
Percent of GDP: 2.3% 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: 290,000 480,000
Reserve personnel: 2,310,000 325,000
Available for military: 5,883,828 8,240,714

Active

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

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Tanks: 1,160 1,275
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,714 6,347
Total artillery: 1,944 2,580
Self-propelled artillery: 440 510
Rocket artillery: 126 252

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: 814 1,407
Fighter aircraft: 129 141
Multirole aircraft: 189 72
Attack aircraft: 0 151
Helicopters: 237 491
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: 96 34
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 4 0
Frigates: 22 11
Corvettes: 1 9
Submarines: 4 0

Total naval

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

Taiwan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Saudi Arabia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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.

Saudi Arabia

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