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Australia is a country located in Oceania with an area of 7,692,024 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 25,760 km). The capital of Australia is Canberra. The number of inhabitants is 25,807,800.

Australia has been part of the Australia, New Zealand, and US Security (ANZUS) Treaty. In 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced an enhanced trilateral security partnership called “AUKUS” which would build on existing bilateral ties. The Australian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and imported Western weapons systems. USA is the largest supplier of arms. The Australian defense industry produces a variety of land and sea weapons platforms.

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Italy is a country located in Southern Europe with an area of 301,338 km2 (land boundries: 1,836.4 km and costline 7,600 km). The capital of Italy is Rome. The number of inhabitants is 60,317,116.

Italy is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. The Italian Armed Forces inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced, jointly-produced, and imported weapons systems, mostly from Europe and the United State. The Italian defense industry is capable of producing equipment across all the military domains with particular strengths in naval vessels and aircraft

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 33 billion $ 32 billion $
Percent of GDP: 2% 1.5%

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: 60,330 165,500
Reserve personnel: 29,740 18,300
Available for military: 5,316,464 13,865,688

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 59 200
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,796 2,758
Total artillery: 235 197
Self-propelled artillery: 0 68
Rocket artillery: 0 21

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: 433 712
Fighter aircraft: 0 92
Multirole aircraft: 133 66
Attack aircraft: 0 45
Helicopters: 130 423
UCAV (combat drone): 0 12

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: 45 200
Aircraftcarriers: 2 2
Destroyers: 3 4
Frigates: 8 15
Corvettes: 0 0
Submarines: 6 8

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

Australia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Italy

Italy participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.

Military service

Australia

17 years of age for voluntary military service (with parental consent); no conscription; women allowed to serve in most combat roles, except the Army special forces.

Italy

18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; women may serve in any military branch; Italian citizenship required; 1-year service obligation.