Military power of Austria & Georgia
Austria vs Georgia
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. More about Austria militaryGeorgia is a country located in Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia, with an area of 69,700 km2 (land boundries: 141 km and costline 7,314 km). The capital of Georgia is Tbilisi. The number of inhabitants is 3,694,608.
Georgia is not a member of NATO but has had a relationship with the Alliance since 1992 and declared its aspiration to join in 2002. Georgia has participated in multinational exercises and security operations abroad with NATO. The Defense Forces of Georgia (DFG) is focused primarily on Russia, which maintains military bases and troops in occupied Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In 2008, a five-day conflict with Russian forces ended in defeat and the expulsion of Georgian forces from the breakaway regions. The majority of the military's inventory consists of Soviet-era weapons and equipment, some of which has been upgraded. It has smaller quantities of mostly secondhand material from such countries as Israel, Turkey, and the Uinted States, as well as some domestically produced equipment.
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☢ Nuclear weapons
Austria
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Georgia
Does not have nuclear weapons.
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.
Georgia
18-35 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women. Conscription was abolished in 2016, but reinstated in 2017 for men 18-27 years of age. Conscript service obligation is up to 11 months.