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Korean Armed forces

South Korea
Population
51,844,834
Military budget
44 billion $
Active personnel
555,000
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Seoul
Area: 100,210 km2
Population: 51,844,834
Etnic groups: homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)
Religions: Christian 31.6% (Protestant 24%, Roman Catholic 7.6%), Buddhist 24.2%, other or unknown 0.9%, none 43.3%

Military branches

(대한민국 국군) Republic of Korea Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force.

Military service

20-30 years of age for compulsory military service, with middle school education required; minimum conscript service obligation - 21 months (Army, Marines), 23 months (Navy), 24 months (Air Force); 18-26 years of age for voluntary military service; women, in service since 1950, admitted to 7 service branches, including infantry, but excluded from artillery, armor, anti-air, and chaplaincy corps; HIV-positive individuals are exempt from military service.

Military expenditures

Military budget
44 billion $
Percent of GDP
2.5

Manpower

Active personnel
555,000
Reserve
2,750,000
Available
13,185,794

Land Forces

Tanks
2,201
AFV
4,456
Artillery
8,096
Self-propelled guns
3,270
Rocket artillery
426
Armoured fighting vehicles includes infantry fighting vehicles, tank destroyers, armoured personnel carriers, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles(MRAP), amphibious and reconnaissance vehicles.
Total artillery includes towed, self-propelled gun(SPG) and rocket artillery.

Tanks

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
- K200 800
- K200/A1 1700
K21 466
BMP-3 70
M113K1 (storage) 400
- KM900 / 901 (storage) 400
- Barracuda 10
MaxxPro 10
- K806 White Tiger 100
- K808 White Tiger 500

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
K55/K55A1 1180
K9 Thunder 1090
- K105HT 1000

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
- K136/A1 Kooryoung 150
M270 58
- Hyunmoo-1-2-3 -
- K239 Chunmoo 218

Air Forces

Total aircraft
1,524
Fighters
61
Multirole
325
Attack
0
Helicopters
837
UCAV (combat drone)
0
Total aircraft - number of all military aircraft and helicopters in country. Includes training and cargo aircraft. Does not include drones.
Attack includes ground-attack and strategic bomber aircraft.

Fighter aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- Northrop F-5 61

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- Boeing F-15E 59
F-16 167
F-35A 39
- KAI T-50 60

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- -

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
Bell AH-1 Cobra 75
AH-64 Apache 72
- MD-500MD 257
CH-47 Chinook 41
Bell UH-1 Iroquois 8
UH-60 108
- KAI KUH-1 Surion 200
- Sikorsky S-70 17
- Sikorsky S-92 3
- Messerschmitt Bo 105 12
- Kamov Ka-27 7
- AS332 Super Puma 3
- Bell 412 3
AW159 Wildcat 8
- Westland Lynx 23

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
- -

Navy

Total naval
152
Aircraftcarriers
2
Destroyers
13
Frigates
17
Corvettes
3
Submarines
22
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
- Gwanggaeto the Great-class 4
- Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin-class 6
Sejong the Great-class 3

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
- Daegu class 8
- Ulsan-class frigate 2
Incheon-class 6
- Chungnam class 1

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
Pohang-class 11

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
Chang Bogo-class 9
- Son Wonil-class 9
- Dosan Ahn Changho 4

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.