Military power of Arab League & Taiwan
Arab League vs Taiwan
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.
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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Military expenditures
ARL | TW | |
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Military budget: | 124 billion $ | 19.1 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 0% | 2.3% |
Manpower
ARL | TW | |
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Active personnel: | 1,428,550 | 180,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 1,617,000 | 1,657,000 |
Available for military: | 68,012,996 | 5,883,828 |
Land Forces
ARL | TW | ||
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Tanks: | 7,992 | 1,160 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 33,885 | 1,714 | |
Total artillery: | 9,970 | 1,944 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 2,372 | 440 | |
Rocket artillery: | 2,169 | 126 |
Air Forces
ARL | TW | ||
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Total aircraft: | 3,859 | 814 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 185 | 129 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 603 | 189 | |
Attack aircraft: | 314 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 1,446 | 237 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 52 | 0 |
Navy
ARL | TW | ||
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Total naval: | 493 | 96 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 2 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 4 | |
Frigates: | 25 | 22 | |
Corvettes: | 30 | 1 | |
Submarines: | 8 | 4 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Arab League
Data not available
Taiwan
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Military service
Arab League
Data not available
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.