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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.

USA is a country located in North America with an area of 9,857,306 km2 (land boundries: 12,002 km and costline 19,924 km). The capital of USA is Washington. The number of inhabitants is 331,449,281.

The United States is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949. The US military's inventory is comprised almost entirely of domestically-produced weapons systems defense industry is capable of designing, developing, maintaining, and producing the full spectrum of weapons systems. The United States is the world's leading arms exporter.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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410 billion $
916 billion $

Percent of GDP

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0 %
3.4 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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3,355,000
1,358,500

Reserve personnel

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2,600,000
799,500

Available for military

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392,336,380
73,270,043

Land Forces

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Tanks

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11,750
5,652
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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18,130
38,639
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Total artillery

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20,094
3,161
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Self-propelled artillery

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7,220
1,521
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Rocket artillery

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7,140
705

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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5,590
13,175
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Fighter

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1,398
377
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Multirole

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1,165
2,484
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Attack

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308
531
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Helicopters

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1,557
4,928
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UCAV (combat drone)

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151
444

Navy

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Total naval

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1,709
460
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Aircraft carriers

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4
20
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Destroyers

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38
97
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Frigates

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56
0
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Corvettes

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81
23
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Submarines

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146
69

Nuclear weapons

China and North Korea

Data not available

USA

The first country to develop and to military use nuclear warheads in the world. Everything started from the Manhattan project, a research that had one particular goal in focus – to develop and produce the first nuclear weapon. Americans were the first to wield such powerful weapon. Everything started in 1941, which is date of the beginning of Manhattan project. Since the end of the Second World War, United States became the leading country when it comes to possessing nuclear warheads and it lasted approximately to 1980s. We should also bear in mind that United States are also the only nation that ever used nuclear weapon in military conflict.

In 1960, the amount of warheads stored by Americans exceeded 30,000. However, it is worth to note that throughout the entire period of the so-called Cold War, USA managed to build approximately 70,000 nuclear warheads, what is more than all other countries with access to nuclear weapons combined. From the first test that happened in 1945 to this day, the USA conducted 1054 tests of atomic bombs. Still, as a result of introduced restrictions on the amount of warheads one state can possess, the current number has dropped to 6500 warheads. Noteworthy is also the fact that out of this number, United States deployed only 1600.

Military service

China and North Korea

Data not available

USA

18 years of age (17 years of age with parental consent) for male and female voluntary service; no conscription; maximum enlistment age 42 (Army), 27 (Air Force), 34 (Navy), 28 (Marines); service obligation 8 years, including 2-5 years active duty (Army), 2 years active (Navy), 4 years active (Air Force, Marines); DoD is eliminating prohibitions restricting women from assignments in units smaller than brigades or near combat units.