Military power of Azerbaijan & Georgia

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.

Georgia is a country located in Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia, with an area of 69,700 km² (land boundries: 141 km and costline 7,314 km). The capital of Georgia is Tbilisi. The number of inhabitants is 3,694,608.

Georgia is not a member of NATO but has had a relationship with the Alliance since 1992 and declared its aspiration to join in 2002. Georgia has participated in multinational exercises and security operations abroad with NATO. The Defense Forces of Georgia (DFG) is focused primarily on Russia, which maintains military bases and troops in occupied Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In 2008, a five-day conflict with Russian forces ended in defeat and the expulsion of Georgian forces from the breakaway regions. The majority of the military's inventory consists of Soviet-era weapons and equipment, some of which has been upgraded. It has smaller quantities of mostly secondhand material from such countries as Israel, Turkey, and the Uinted States, as well as some domestically produced equipment.