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Azerbaijan vs Iran

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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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Iran is a country located in Middle East with an area of 1,648,195 km2 (land boundries: 5,894 km and costline 2,440 km - note: Iran also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km)). The capital of Iran is Tehran. The number of inhabitants is 83,183,741.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was formed in May 1979. The IRGC was a highly institutionalized and parallel military force to Iran’s regular armed forces. The Iranian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and mostly older foreign equipment largely of Chinese, Russian, Soviet, and US origin. Iran has a defense industry with the capacity to develop, produce, support, and sustain air, land, missile, and naval weapons programs.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 3.8 billion $ 10 billion $
Percent of GDP: 5.5% 2.1%

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: 126,400 587,000
Reserve personnel: 330,000 200,000
Available for military: 3,000,000 23,619,215

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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 2,842
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,363 3,555
Total artillery: 909 4,873
Self-propelled artillery: 267 1,030
Rocket artillery: 323 1,755

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: 176 973
Fighter aircraft: 5 112
Multirole aircraft: 15 75
Attack aircraft: 11 23
Helicopters: 97 519
UCAV (combat drone): 0 83

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: 31 272
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 1 6
Corvettes: 0 3
Submarines: 4 19

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

Azerbaijan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Iran

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.

Iran

18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; 17 years of age for Law Enforcement Forces; 15 years of age for Basij Forces (Popular Mobilization Army); conscript military service obligation is 18 months; women exempt from military service.