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Canada is a country located in Northern North America with an area of 9,984,670 km2 (land boundries: 8,891 km and costline 202,080 km). The capital of Canada is Ottawa. The number of inhabitants is 38,048,738.

Canada is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. Canada is part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The Canadian's inventory is a mix of domestically-produced equipment and imported weapons systems from Australia, Europe, Israel, and the USA. The leading supplier is the United States. Canada's defense industry develops, maintains, and produces a range of equipment, including aircraft, combat vehicles, naval vessels.

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Italy is a country located in Southern Europe with an area of 301,338 km2 (land boundries: 1,836.4 km and costline 7,600 km). The capital of Italy is Rome. The number of inhabitants is 60,317,116.

Italy is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. The Italian Armed Forces inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced, jointly-produced, and imported weapons systems, mostly from Europe and the United State. The Italian defense industry is capable of producing equipment across all the military domains with particular strengths in naval vessels and aircraft

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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27 billion $
32.7 billion $

Percent of GDP

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1.4 %
1.5 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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68,000
165,500

Reserve personnel

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27,000
18,300

Available for military

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8,031,266
13,865,688

Land Forces

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Tanks

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74
200
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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1,678
3,792
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Total artillery

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159
193
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Self-propelled artillery

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0
64
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Rocket artillery

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0
21

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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446
675
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Fighter

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0
93
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Multirole

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121
83
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Attack

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0
14
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Helicopters

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150
406
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UCAV (combat drone)

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0
5

Navy

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Total naval

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70
200
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Aircraft carriers

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0
2
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Destroyers

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0
3
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Frigates

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12
15
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Corvettes

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0
0
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Submarines

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4
8

Nuclear weapons

Canada

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Italy

Italy participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.

Military service

Canada

17 years of age for voluntary male and female military service (with parental consent); 16 years of age for Reserve and Military College applicants; Canadian citizenship or permanent residence status required; maximum 34 years of age; service obligation 3-9 years

Italy

18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; women may serve in any military branch; Italian citizenship required; 1-year service obligation.