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Military power of Australia & Peninsula Shield Force

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Australia Peninsula Shield Force

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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The Peninsula Shield Force is the military arm of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Members of PSF: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. As of March 2011, the Peninsula Shield Force was commanded by Saudi Major General Mutlaq bin Salem Al-Azima and has about 40 thousand troops.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 33 billion $ 97.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 2% 0%

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: 60,330 611,550
Reserve personnel: 29,740 470,000
Available for military: 5,316,464 11,870,201

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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 1,767
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,796 16,249
Total artillery: 235 3,040
Self-propelled artillery: 0 739
Rocket artillery: 0 407

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 2,122
Fighter aircraft: 0 141
Multirole aircraft: 133 255
Attack aircraft: 0 157
Helicopters: 130 793
UCAV (combat drone): 0 6

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: 45 205
Aircraftcarriers: 2 0
Destroyers: 3 0
Frigates: 8 11
Corvettes: 0 21
Submarines: 6 0

Total naval

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

Australia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Peninsula Shield Force

Data not available

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.

Peninsula Shield Force

Data not available