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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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Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe with an area of 238,391 km2 (land boundries: 2,844 km and costline 225 km). The capital of Romania is Bucharest. The number of inhabitants is 19,317,984.

Romania became a member of NATO in 2004. Romania conducts its own air policing mission, but because of Russian aggression in the Black Sea region, NATO allies have sent detachments of fighters to augment the Romanian Air Force since 2014. Romania hosts a NATO multinational divisional and a brigade-sized headquarters. The inventory of the Romanian Armed Forces is comprised mostly of Soviet-era and older domestically-produced weapons systems.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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3.2 billion $
8.7 billion $

Percent of GDP

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0.74 %
2.5 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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23,000
68,500

Reserve personnel

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125,600
53,000

Available for military

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1,941,110
5,601,234

Land Forces

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Tanks

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56
440
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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215
1,352
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Total artillery

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30
1,355
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Self-propelled artillery

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30
53
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Rocket artillery

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0
207

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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129
165
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Fighter

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15
23
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Multirole

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0
14
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Attack

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0
0
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Helicopters

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87
69
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UCAV (combat drone)

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0
0

Navy

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Total naval

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0
55
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Aircraft carriers

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0
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Destroyers

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0
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Frigates

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0
3
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Corvettes

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0
7
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Submarines

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0
1

Nuclear weapons

Austria

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Romania

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.

Romania

18 years of age for male and female voluntary service; conscription ended 2006; all military inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of service, with subsequent successive 3-year terms until age 36.