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Brazil is a country located in Eastern South America with an area of 8,515,767 km2 (land boundries: 16,145 km and costline 7,491 km). The capital of Brazil is Brasília. The number of inhabitants is 210,147,125.

Brazil has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the United States. MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, but it does not entail any security obligations. The Brazilian military's inventory consists of a mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons, largely from Europe and the US. Brazil's defense industry is capable of designing and manufacturing equipment for all three military services

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The China-DPRK Treaty on Friendship is a treaty signed on 11 July 1961 between North Korea and China. The treaty obligates China militarily to defend North Korea and vice versa.North Korea enjoys a close relationship with China which is often called North Korea's closest ally. The relations were strained in the last few years because of China's concerns about North Korea's nuclear program. Both countries have nuclear weapons.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 25 billion $ 410 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.1% 0%

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: 334,500 3,355,000
Reserve personnel: 1,340,000 2,600,000
Available for military: 53,350,703 392,336,380

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

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Tanks: 469 11,750
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,696 18,130
Total artillery: 760 20,094
Self-propelled artillery: 136 7,220
Rocket artillery: 78 7,140

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: 473 5,590
Fighter aircraft: 45 1,398
Multirole aircraft: 3 1,165
Attack aircraft: 77 308
Helicopters: 182 1,557
UCAV (combat drone): 0 151

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: 216 1,709
Aircraftcarriers: 1 4
Destroyers: 0 38
Frigates: 6 56
Corvettes: 2 81
Submarines: 7 146

Total naval

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

Brazil

Does not have nuclear weapons.

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Military service

Brazil

18-45 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 10-12 months; 17-45 years of age for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer professionals; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps.

China and North Korea

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