Military power of Brazil & Netherlands
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Country: | Brazil (BR) | Netherlands (NL) |
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Capital: | Brasília | Amsterdam |
Population: | 210,147,125 | 17,469,635 |
Area: | 8,515,767 km2 | 41,543 km2 |
More: | Brazil military forces description | Netherlands military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 26.9 billion $ | 13.7 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 1.5% | 1.5% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 334,500 | 35,400 |
Reserve personnel: | 1,340,000 | 4,500 |
Available for military: | 53,350,703 | 7,728,129 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 469 | 18 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,769 | 1,039 | |
Total artillery: | 956 | 57 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 212 | 57 | |
Rocket artillery: | 198 | 0 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 749 | 201 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 47 | 0 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 0 | 78 | |
Attack aircraft: | 78 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 249 | 94 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 4 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 108 | 56 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 1 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 4 | |
Frigates: | 8 | 2 | |
Corvettes: | 3 | 0 | |
Submarines: | 5 | 4 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Brazil
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Netherlands
Netherlands participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.
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.
Netherlands
17 years of age for an all-volunteer force.