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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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Venezuela is a country located in Northern South America with an area of 916,445 km2 (land boundries: 5,267 km and costline 2,800 km). The capital of Venezuela is Caracas. The number of inhabitants is 28,887,118.

The FANB inventory is mainly of Chinese and Russian origin with a smaller mix of equipment from Western countries. Russia is the top supplier of military hardware to Venezuela

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 25 billion $ 0.7 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.1% 0.35%

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: 334,500 330,000
Reserve personnel: 1,340,000 8,000
Available for military: 53,350,703 8,000,000

Active

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

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Tanks: 469 312
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,696 1,000
Total artillery: 760 200
Self-propelled artillery: 136 60
Rocket artillery: 78 36

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: 473 263
Fighter aircraft: 45 6
Multirole aircraft: 3 42
Attack aircraft: 77 0
Helicopters: 182 81
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 46
Aircraftcarriers: 1 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 6 2
Corvettes: 2 3
Submarines: 7 2

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.

Venezuela

Does not have nuclear weapons.

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.

Venezuela

All citizens of military service age (18-60 years old) are obligated to register for military service, though mandatory recruitment is forbidden; the minimum service obligation is 12 months.