Military power of Ukraine & North Korea
Ukraine vs North Korea
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Ukraine is a country located in Eastern Europe with an area of 603,500 km2 (land boundries: 5,581 km and costline 2,782 km). The capital of Ukraine is Kiev. The number of inhabitants is 41,487,960.
During the 2008 Bucharest summit, NATO declared that Ukraine would eventually become a member of NATO when it meets the criteria for accession. In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian military is equipped mostly with older Russian and Soviet-era weapons systems. Ukraine has a broad defense industry capable of building Soviet-era land systems and maintaining and upgrading Soviet-era combat aircraft, as well as missile and air defense systems.
More about Ukraine militaryNorth Korea is a country located in Eastern Asia with an area of 120,540 km2 (land boundries: 1,607 km and costline 2,495 km). The capital of North Korea is Pyongyang. The number of inhabitants is 25,549,604.
The KPA is equipped with older weapon systems originally acquired from the former Soviet Union, Russia, and China, as well as some domestically-produced equipment. The North Korea produces a diverse array of military hardware like light armored vehicles, tanks, naval vessels and submarines, and advanced weapons systems, such as ballistic missiles. North Korea developing also nuclear weapons.
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Military expenditures
 UA |  KP | |
|---|---|---|
| Military budget: | 10.4 billion $ | 1.6 billion $ |
| Percent of GDP: | 6% | 4.9% |
Manpower
| UA | KP | |
|---|---|---|
| Active personnel: | 700,000 | 1,280,000 |
| Reserve personnel: | 1,000,000 | 600,000 |
| Available for military: | 11,149,646 | 6,515,279 |
Land Forces
| UA | KP | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanks: | 1,462 | 6,000 | |
| Armoured fighting vehicles: | 5,739 | 4,000 | |
| Total artillery: | 3,636 | 13,000 | |
| Self-propelled artillery: | 899 | 4,500 | |
| Rocket artillery: | 693 | 4,000 |
Air Forces
| UA | KP | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total aircraft: | 297 | 960 | |
| Fighter aircraft: | 57 | 349 | |
| Multirole aircraft: | 0 | 35 | |
| Attack aircraft: | 27 | 188 | |
| Helicopters: | 115 | 202 | |
| UCAV (combat drone): | 12 | 0 |
Navy
| UA | KP | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total naval: | 53 | 967 | |
| Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
| Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
| Frigates: | 1 | 2 | |
| Corvettes: | 0 | 8 | |
| Submarines: | 0 | 72 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Ukraine
Although Ukraine has never produced its own nuclear weapon to this day, we should bear in mind that back in the days, Ukraine possessed approximately 5,000 nuclear weapons. This is all due to the fact that before 1991, Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union. However, as a consequence of its dissolution, all the countries that were satellites or were forcefully attached to Soviet Union, received number of warheads. They were once the property of the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, after Ukraine became independent, they received everything that was the part of the USSR, even nuclear warheads. As a result of that, Ukraine became the third largest holder of nuclear weapons in the world.
Ukraine decided to get rid of these weapons quite quickly. Three years later, in 1994 that is, they joined Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. In 1996, all the warheads were moved and disassembled in Russia.
North Korea
Although at the beginning North Korea joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, they withdrew from it on January 2003. It was a consequence of the United States accusation. The USA government claimed that North Korea was unofficially funding a program of uranium enrichment. Because of that, they cancelled the 1994 Agreed Framework treaty and cut off the energy assistance. Two years after withdrawing, the officials from North Korea claimed that they own operational nuclear arsenal. In spite of North Koreans assurances, the United States did not believe that North Korea really posses such weapons. As a result, the government of North Korea decided to conduct tests.
There were three tests that North Korea initially conducted. The first one, with the yield of less than a kiloton, took place in 2006. However, to show that this was in fact a nuclear detonation, North Koreans conducted second and third tests, respectable in 2009 and 2013. The maximum power of the blast of the aforementioned tests can be estimated to be up to 40 kilotons. However, a lot of sources claim that yield did not surpass 10-15 kilotons. Noteworthy is also the fact that in 2016, North Korea announced that they have conducted their first hydrogen-bomb test.
Military service
Ukraine
18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 18 months
North Korea
18 is presumed to be the legal minimum age for compulsory military service; 16-17 is the presumed legal minimum age for voluntary service.