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Austria Peninsula Shield Force

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 Peninsula Shield Force is the military arm of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Members of PSF: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. As of March 2011, the Peninsula Shield Force was commanded by Saudi Major General Mutlaq bin Salem Al-Azima and has about 40 thousand troops.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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3.2 billion $
105.4 billion $

Percent of GDP

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0.74 %
0 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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23,000
696,550

Reserve personnel

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125,600
520,000

Available for military

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1,941,110
11,870,201

Land Forces

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Tanks

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56
1,767
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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215
16,249
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Total artillery

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30
3,040
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Self-propelled artillery

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30
739
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Rocket artillery

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0
407

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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129
2,122
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Fighter

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15
141
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Multirole

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0
255
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Attack

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0
157
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Helicopters

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87
793
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UCAV (combat drone)

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0
6

Navy

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Total naval

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0
205
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Aircraft carriers

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0
0
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Destroyers

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0
0
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Frigates

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0
11
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Corvettes

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0
21
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Submarines

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0
0

Nuclear weapons

Austria

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Peninsula Shield Force

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.

Peninsula Shield Force

Data not available