Military power of Armenia & Turkey
Country: | Armenia (AM) | Turkey (TR) |
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Capital: | Yerevan | Ankara |
Population: | 2,967,900 | 83,614,362 |
Area: | 29,743 km2 | 783,562 km2 |
More: | Armenia military forces description | Turkey military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 0.6 billion $ | 21.9 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 5.5% | 2.9% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 51,580 | 355,200 |
Reserve personnel: | 210,000 | 378,700 |
Available for military: | 809,576 | 21,079,077 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 529 | 3,017 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,000 | 11,450 | |
Total artillery: | 293 | 2,521 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 38 | 943 | |
Rocket artillery: | 105 | 399 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 65 | 1,573 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 0 | 48 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 0 | 245 | |
Attack aircraft: | 13 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 42 | 676 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 172 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 0 | 154 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 0 | 16 | |
Corvettes: | 0 | 10 | |
Submarines: | 0 | 12 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Armenia
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Turkey
Turkey participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.
Military service
Armenia
18-27 years of age for voluntary or compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.
Turkey
21-41 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary service; 12 months conscript obligation for non-university graduates, 6-12 months for university graduates (graduates of higher education may perform 6 months of military service as short-term privates, or 12 months as reserve officers); conscripts are called to register at age 20, for service at 21; women serve in the Turkish Armed Forces only as officers; reserve obligation to age 41; Turkish citizens with a residence or work permit who have worked abroad for at least 3 years (1095 days) can be exempt from military service in exchange for 6,000 EUR or its equivalent in foreign currencies; a law passed in December 2014 introduced a one-time payment scheme which exempted Turkish citizens 27 and older from conscription in exchange for a payment of $8,150.