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The China-DPRK Treaty on Friendship is a treaty signed on 11 July 1961 between North Korea and China. The treaty obligates China militarily to defend North Korea and vice versa.North Korea enjoys a close relationship with China which is often called North Korea's closest ally. The relations were strained in the last few years because of China's concerns about North Korea's nuclear program. Both countries have nuclear weapons.

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: 410 billion $ 32.7 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 1.5%

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: 3,355,000 165,500
Reserve personnel: 2,600,000 18,300
Available for military: 392,336,380 13,865,688

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

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Tanks: 11,750 200
Armoured fighting vehicles: 18,130 2,758
Total artillery: 20,094 197
Self-propelled artillery: 7,220 68
Rocket artillery: 7,140 21

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: 5,590 712
Fighter aircraft: 1,398 92
Multirole aircraft: 1,165 66
Attack aircraft: 308 45
Helicopters: 1,557 423
UCAV (combat drone): 151 12

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: 1,709 200
Aircraftcarriers: 4 2
Destroyers: 38 4
Frigates: 56 15
Corvettes: 81 0
Submarines: 146 8

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

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Italy

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

Military service

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Italy

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