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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 Nordic Defence Cooperation (Nordefco) is a collaboration among the Nordic countries in the area of defense. Its five members are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The organization was established on November 4, 2009 in Helsinki. The leadership of the organization is rotational.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 25 billion $ 26 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 70,850
Reserve personnel: 1,340,000 941,300
Available for military: 53,350,703 4,299,331

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

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Tanks: 469 412
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,696 4,644
Total artillery: 760 1,133
Self-propelled artillery: 136 180
Rocket artillery: 78 71

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: 473 469
Fighter aircraft: 45 0
Multirole aircraft: 3 174
Attack aircraft: 77 0
Helicopters: 182 118
UCAV (combat drone): 0 0

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: 216 397
Aircraftcarriers: 1 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 6 4
Corvettes: 2 15
Submarines: 7 11

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.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

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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.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

Data not available