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Austria is a country located in Central Europe with an area of 83,879 km2 (land boundries: 2,524 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Austria is Vienna. The number of inhabitants is 8,935,112.

Austria is constitutionally non-aligned, but is an EU member and actively participates in EU peacekeeping and crisis management operations. Austria is not a member of NATO, but joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace framework.

The Austrian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons systems from European countries and the USA. The Austrian defense industry produces a range of equipment and partners with other countries.

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BRICS (acronym - Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) is a grouping of the world economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Bilateral relations among BRICS are conducted mainly on the basis of non-interference, equality, and mutual benefit. The BRICS nations are considered a geopolitical rival to the G7 bloc.

On August 24, 2023, the expansion of the group on January 1, 2024 was announced to include Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. On 29 December 2023 the Government of Argentina officially announce that Argentina will not join the BRICS. This is due to the change of president to Javier Milei.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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3.2 billion $
642.8 billion $

Percent of GDP

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0.74 %
0 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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23,000
6,345,000

Reserve personnel

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125,600
7,754,000

Available for military

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1,941,110
992,083,395

Land Forces

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Tanks

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56
30,277
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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215
72,901
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Total artillery

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30
40,650
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Self-propelled artillery

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30
12,316
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Rocket artillery

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0
11,343

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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129
15,826
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Fighter

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15
1,484
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Multirole

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0
2,830
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Attack

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0
1,330
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Helicopters

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87
5,511
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UCAV (combat drone)

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0
393

Navy

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Total naval

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0
2,809
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Aircraft carriers

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0
12
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Destroyers

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0
77
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Frigates

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0
105
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Corvettes

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0
215
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Submarines

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0
194

Nuclear weapons

Austria

Does not have nuclear weapons.

BRICS

Data not available

Military service

Austria

Registration requirement at age 17, the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; 18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory military service (6 months), or optionally, alternative civil/community service (9 months); males 18 to 50 years old in the militia or inactive reserve are subject to compulsory service; in a January 2012 referendum, a majority of Austrians voted in favor of retaining the system of compulsory military service (with the option of alternative/non-military service) instead of switching to a professional army system.

BRICS

Data not available