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Austria vs European Union EU

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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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The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union countries that are located in Europe with an area of 4,233,255 km2 The capital of Ukraine is Brussels. The number of inhabitants estimated is about 447 million. Members of EU: Germany, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

The European Union were not devised as a military alliance because most of the members are in the North Atlantic Alliance. Since the withdrawal of the UK, France is the only member recognised as a nuclear weapon state. Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium participate in NATO nuclear sharing.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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3.2 billion $
300.8 billion $

Percent of GDP

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0.74 %
0 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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23,000
1,298,969

Reserve personnel

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125,600
1,750,132

Available for military

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1,941,110
95,200,088

Land Forces

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Tanks

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56
4,278
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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215
30,594
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Total artillery

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30
6,219
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Self-propelled artillery

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30
1,864
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Rocket artillery

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0
682

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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129
5,392
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Fighter

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15
416
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Multirole

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0
946
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Attack

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0
111
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Helicopters

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87
2,330
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UCAV (combat drone)

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0
61

Navy

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Total naval

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0
1,385
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Aircraft carriers

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0
7
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Destroyers

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0
17
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Frigates

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0
78
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Corvettes

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0
23
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Submarines

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0
48

Nuclear weapons

Austria

Does not have nuclear weapons.

European Union EU

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.

European Union EU

Data not available