Military power of Austria & Ukraine
Country: | Austria (AT) | Ukraine (UA) |
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Capital: | Vienna | Kiev |
Population: | 8,935,112 | 41,487,960 |
Area: | 83,879 km2 | 603,500 km2 |
More: | Austria military forces description | Ukraine military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 3.2 billion $ | 5.4 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 0.74% | 3% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 25,000 | 255,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 150,000 | 1,000,000 |
Available for military: | 1,941,110 | 11,149,646 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 56 | 2,105 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 215 | 6,990 | |
Total artillery: | 83 | 3,721 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 83 | 1,047 | |
Rocket artillery: | 0 | 630 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 133 | 326 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 15 | 70 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 0 | 0 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 29 | |
Helicopters: | 67 | 129 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 12 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 0 | 63 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 0 | 1 | |
Corvettes: | 0 | 0 | |
Submarines: | 0 | 0 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Austria
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Ukraine
Although Ukraine has never produced its own nuclear weapon to this day, we should bear in mind that back in the days, Ukraine possessed approximately 5,000 nuclear weapons. This is all due to the fact that before 1991, Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union. However, as a consequence of its dissolution, all the countries that were satellites or were forcefully attached to Soviet Union, received number of warheads. They were once the property of the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, after Ukraine became independent, they received everything that was the part of the USSR, even nuclear warheads. As a result of that, Ukraine became the third largest holder of nuclear weapons in the world.
Ukraine decided to get rid of these weapons quite quickly. Three years later, in 1994 that is, they joined Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. In 1996, all the warheads were moved and disassembled in Russia.
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.
Ukraine
18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 18 months