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Azerbaijan vs Armenia

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Azerbaijan is a country located in Southwestern Asia with an area of 86,600 km2 (land boundries: 2,468 km and costline 0 km (landlocked); note - Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (713 km)). The capital of Azerbaijan is Baku. The number of inhabitants is 10,127,874.

The inventory of the Azerbaijan military is comprised mostly of Russian and Soviet-era weapons systems with a small mix of equipment from other countries, like Israel and Turkey.

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Armenia is a country located in Southwestern Asia with an area of 29,743 km2 (land boundries: 1,570 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Armenia is Yerevan. The number of inhabitants is 2,967,900.

Armenia has been a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) since 1994. Russia has deployed about 2,000 peacekeeping troops to the area in and around Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a cease-fire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The inventory of the Armenian Armed Forces includes mostly Russian and Soviet-era equipment.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 3.8 billion $ 1.5 billion $
Percent of GDP: 5.5% 5.3%

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: 126,400 70,600
Reserve personnel: 330,000 210,000
Available for military: 3,000,000 809,576

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

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Tanks: 940 269
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,363 610
Total artillery: 909 236
Self-propelled artillery: 267 38
Rocket artillery: 323 103

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: 176 65
Fighter aircraft: 5 0
Multirole aircraft: 15 4
Attack aircraft: 11 15
Helicopters: 97 45
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: 31 0
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 1 0
Corvettes: 0 0
Submarines: 4 0

Total naval

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

Azerbaijan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Armenia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Azerbaijan

18-35 years of age for cumpulsory military service; service obligation 18 months or 12 months for university graduates; 17 years of age for voluntary service; 17 year olds are considered to be on active service at cadet military schools.

Armenia

18-27 years of age for voluntary or compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.