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The Arab League (League of Arab States) is a regional organization in the Arab world. the League has 22 members, but Syria's participation has been suspended since November 2011. Current members: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The Joint Defence Council of the Arab League is one of the Institutions of the Arab League. The Arab League as an organisation has no military Force but they establish a peacekeeping force.

Norway is a country located in Northern Europe with an area of 323,802 km2 (land boundries: 2,566 km and costline 25,148 km (includes mainland 2,650 km, as well as long fjords, numerous small islands, and minor indentations 22,498 km; length of island coastlines 58,133 km)). The capital of Norway is Oslo. The number of inhabitants is 5,391,369.

Norway is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. The Norwegian Armed Forces cooperate closely with the militaries of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation, which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The Norwegian Armed Forces inventory includes mostly imported European and USA weapons systems, as well as a domestically-produced equipment. The US is the leading supplier of weapons systems.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 121.1 billion $ 7.3 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 2%

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: 1,680,550 23,250
Reserve personnel: 1,567,000 40,000
Available for military: 68,012,996 1,078,181

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: 7,992 52
Armoured fighting vehicles: 33,885 553
Total artillery: 9,970 44
Self-propelled artillery: 2,372 35
Rocket artillery: 2,169 9

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: 3,859 104
Fighter aircraft: 185 0
Multirole aircraft: 603 25
Attack aircraft: 314 0
Helicopters: 1,446 38
UCAV (combat drone): 52 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: 493 41
Aircraftcarriers: 2 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 25 4
Corvettes: 30 6
Submarines: 8 6

Total naval

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

Arab League

Data not available

Norway

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Arab League

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Norway

18-44 years of age for male compulsory military service (55 years of age if you are an officer); 16 years of age in wartime; 17 years of age for male volunteers; 18 years of age for women. 19-month service with 12-month service obligation. Around 50% of conscripts are enrolled in the Home Guard, for a 7-month period (spread out over many years).