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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.

United Arab Emirates is a country located in Middle East with an area of 83,600 km2 (land boundries: 1,066 km and costline 1,318 km). The capital of United Arab Emirates is Abu Dhabi. The number of inhabitants is 9,890,400.

the UAE hosts a multi-service French military base. The UAE has a defense cooperation agreement with the United States and hosted about 3,500 US troops. UAE invaded Yemen as part of the Saudi-led coalition and withdrew its main military force in 2019. the UAE Armed Forces inventory is comprised of wide variety of mostly modern imported equipment. The Emirates has acquired military equipment from more than 20 countries. USA is the leading supplier.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 294.6 billion $ 22.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 5.6%

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 65,000
Reserve personnel: 2,600,000 130,000
Available for military: 392,336,380 3,240,000

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

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Tanks: 11,750 354
Armoured fighting vehicles: 18,130 8,980
Total artillery: 20,094 398
Self-propelled artillery: 7,220 183
Rocket artillery: 7,140 139

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: 5,590 510
Fighter aircraft: 1,398 0
Multirole aircraft: 1,165 137
Attack aircraft: 308 0
Helicopters: 1,557 215
UCAV (combat drone): 151 0

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 79
Aircraftcarriers: 4 0
Destroyers: 38 0
Frigates: 56 0
Corvettes: 81 9
Submarines: 146 0

Total naval

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

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United Arab Emirates

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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United Arab Emirates

18-30 years of age for compulsory military service for men, optional service for women; 17 years of age for male volunteers with parental approval; 2-year general obligation, 9 months for secondary school graduates; women may train for 9 months regardless of education.