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Azerbaijan vs Japan

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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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Japan is a country located in Eastern Asia with an area of 377,944 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 29,751 km). The capital of Japan is Tokyo. The number of inhabitants is 125,360,000.

The current Self Defense Force was founded in 1954. Japan has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the USA. Approximately 55,000 US troops and other military assets, including aircraft and naval ships, were stationed in Japan and had exclusive use of more than 80 bases and facilities. In exchange for their use, the US guarantees Japan’s security. The JSDF is equipped with a mix of imported and domestically-produced equipment. The majority of its weapons imports are from the US and some domestically-produced weapons are US-origin and manufactured under license.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 3 billion $ 53.1 billion $
Percent of GDP: 5.5% 1.2%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 126,400 247,150
Reserve personnel: 330,000 56,100
Available for military: 3,000,000 27,301,443

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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 1,004
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,363 3,072
Total artillery: 909 623
Self-propelled artillery: 267 214
Rocket artillery: 323 99

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 1,444
Fighter aircraft: 5 155
Multirole aircraft: 15 79
Attack aircraft: 11 0
Helicopters: 97 698
UCAV (combat drone): 0 0

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 31 140
Aircraftcarriers: 0 4
Destroyers: 0 36
Frigates: 1 2
Corvettes: 0 6
Submarines: 4 22

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

Azerbaijan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Japan

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.

Japan

18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; mandatory retirement at age 53 for senior enlisted personnel and at 62 years for senior service officers.