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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 Nordic Defence Cooperation (Nordefco) is a collaboration among the Nordic countries in the area of defense. Its five members are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The organization was established on November 4, 2009 in Helsinki. The leadership of the organization is rotational.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 3.2 billion $ 26 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0.74% 0%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 23,000 70,850
Reserve personnel: 125,600 941,300
Available for military: 1,941,110 4,299,331

Active

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 56 412
Armoured fighting vehicles: 215 4,644
Total artillery: 30 1,133
Self-propelled artillery: 30 180
Rocket artillery: 0 71

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 129 469
Fighter aircraft: 15 0
Multirole aircraft: 0 174
Attack aircraft: 0 0
Helicopters: 87 118
UCAV (combat drone): 0 0

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 0 397
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 0 4
Corvettes: 0 15
Submarines: 0 11

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Austria

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

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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.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

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