Military power of Australia & Syria
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Country: | Australia (AU) | Syria (SY) |
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Capital: | Canberra | Damascus |
Population: | 25,807,800 | 17,500,657 |
Area: | 7,692,024 km2 | 185,180 km2 |
More: | Australia military forces description | Syria military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 34 billion $ | 1.8 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2% | 5% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 59,095 | 169,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 28,878 | 0 |
Available for military: | 5,316,464 | 11,550,000 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 59 | 4,156 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,796 | 3,810 | |
Total artillery: | 235 | 3,156 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 0 | 424 | |
Rocket artillery: | 0 | 582 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 433 | 518 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 0 | 110 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 133 | 40 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 96 | |
Helicopters: | 130 | 167 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 0 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 45 | 37 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 2 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 3 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 8 | 0 | |
Corvettes: | 0 | 0 | |
Submarines: | 6 | 0 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Australia
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Syria
Does not have nuclear weapons.
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.
Syria
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation is 18 months; women are not conscripted but may volunteer to serve; re-enlistment obligation 5 years, with retirement after 15 years or age 40 or 20 years or age 45.