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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.

Poland is a country located in Central Europe with an area of 312,679 km2 (land boundries: 2,865 km and costline 440 km). The capital of Poland is Warsaw. The number of inhabitants is 38,268,000.

Poland joined NATO in 1999 and hosts US-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup since 2007. The inventory of the Polish Armed Forces consists of a mix of Soviet-era and more modern Western weapons systems. Poland announced in March 2022 plans to increase the size of its armed forces to 300,000 personnel and to allocate at least 3% of GDP to defense. Modernization plan would include such items as 5th generation combat aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, rocket artillery, helicopters, submarines and frigates.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 294.6 billion $ 31.37 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 4.2%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 3,315,000 150,000
Reserve personnel: 2,600,000 240,000
Available for military: 392,336,380 10,500,000

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

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Tanks: 11,750 577
Armoured fighting vehicles: 18,130 2,342
Total artillery: 20,094 775
Self-propelled artillery: 7,220 601
Rocket artillery: 7,140 174

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: 5,590 461
Fighter aircraft: 1,398 23
Multirole aircraft: 1,165 48
Attack aircraft: 308 18
Helicopters: 1,557 212
UCAV (combat drone): 151 6

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 1,709 66
Aircraftcarriers: 4 0
Destroyers: 38 0
Frigates: 56 2
Corvettes: 81 2
Submarines: 146 1

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

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Poland

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Poland

18-28 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription phased out in 2009-12; service obligation shortened from 12 to 9 months in 2005; women only allowed to serve as officers and noncommissioned officers.