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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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An artificial alliance showing what NATO would look like without the United States of America which accounting for three quarters of North Atlantic Alliance defence spending. The supported countries included in this alliance: Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, Greece, Germany, Turkey, Spain, Hungary, Poland and Romania.

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Military expenditures

Military budget

25 billion $

422.7 billion $

Percent of GDP

1.1 %

0 %

Manpower

Active personnel

334,500

1,940,439

Reserve personnel

1,340,000

1,928,532

Available for military

53,350,703

138,304,419

Land Forces

Tanks

469

6,823

Armoured fighting vehicles

1,696

46,271

Total artillery

760

9,733

Self-propelled artillery

136

2,974

Rocket artillery

78

1,054

Air Forces

Total aircraft

473

8,090

Fighter

45

527

Multirole

3

1,359

Attack

77

111

Helicopters

182

3,049

UCAV (combat drone)

0

514

Navy

Total naval

216

1,798

Aircraft carriers

1

10

Destroyers

0

23

Frigates

6

120

Corvettes

2

38

Submarines

7

80

Nuclear weapons

Brazil

Does not have nuclear weapons.

NATO without USA

Data not available

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.

NATO without USA

Data not available