Military power of Austria & Iran
Country: | Austria (AT) | Iran (IR) |
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Capital: | Vienna | Tehran |
Population: | 8,935,112 | 83,183,741 |
Area: | 83,879 km2 | 1,648,195 km2 |
More: | Austria military forces description | Iran military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 3.2 billion $ | 17.4 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 0.74% | 3.8% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 25,000 | 610,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 150,000 | 350,000 |
Available for military: | 1,941,110 | 23,619,215 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 56 | 2,842 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 215 | 3,555 | |
Total artillery: | 83 | 4,873 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 83 | 1,030 | |
Rocket artillery: | 0 | 1,755 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 133 | 973 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 15 | 112 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 0 | 75 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 23 | |
Helicopters: | 67 | 519 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 83 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 0 | 272 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 0 | 6 | |
Corvettes: | 0 | 3 | |
Submarines: | 0 | 19 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Austria
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Iran
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.
Iran
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; 17 years of age for Law Enforcement Forces; 15 years of age for Basij Forces (Popular Mobilization Army); conscript military service obligation is 18 months; women exempt from military service.