Military power of Belarus & European Union EU
Belarus vs European Union EU
Belarus is a country located in Eastern Europe with an area of 207,595 km2 (land boundries: 3,599 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Belarus is Minsk. The number of inhabitants is 9,349,645.
Belarus has close security ties with Russia. In 2022, Belarus allowed Russian military forces to stage on its territory during its invasion of Ukraine. Russia is the principal supplier of arms to Belarus, and Belarusian troops reportedly train on Russian equipment. The inventory of the Belarus Armed Forces is comprised mostly of Russian andSoviet-origin equipment, and since 2010 Russia is the leading provider of arms. Belarus's defense industry manufactures some equipment (mostly modernized Soviet designs).
More about Belarus militaryThe European Union (EU) is a political and economic union countries that are located in Europe with an area of 4,233,255 km2 The capital of Ukraine is Brussels. The number of inhabitants estimated is about 447 million. Members of EU: Germany, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.
The European Union were not devised as a military alliance because most of the members are in the North Atlantic Alliance. Since the withdrawal of the UK, France is the only member recognised as a nuclear weapon state. Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium participate in NATO nuclear sharing.
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Military expenditures
BY | EU | |
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Military budget: | 0.9 billion $ | 295.8 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 1.2% | 0% |
Manpower
BY | EU | |
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Active personnel: | 63,000 | 1,277,969 |
Reserve personnel: | 344,750 | 1,687,132 |
Available for military: | 2,500,000 | 92,594,951 |
Land Forces
BY | EU | ||
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Tanks: | 652 | 4,244 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,871 | 29,656 | |
Total artillery: | 1,041 | 6,056 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 440 | 1,856 | |
Rocket artillery: | 371 | 674 |
Air Forces
BY | EU | ||
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Total aircraft: | 199 | 5,350 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 34 | 415 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 4 | 883 | |
Attack aircraft: | 67 | 142 | |
Helicopters: | 68 | 2,336 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 68 |
Navy
BY | EU | ||
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Total naval: | 0 | 1,306 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 7 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 18 | |
Frigates: | 0 | 69 | |
Corvettes: | 0 | 23 | |
Submarines: | 0 | 48 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Belarus
Does not have nuclear weapons.
European Union EU
Data not available
Military service
Belarus
18-27 years of age for compulsory military or alternative service; conscript service obligation is 12-18 months, depending on academic qualifications, and 24-36 months for alternative service, depending on academic qualifications; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.
European Union EU
Data not available