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A hypothetical military alliance between China and Russia. The two countries share a land border and they signed the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation in 2001. A twenty-year strategic treaty extended or another 5 years after its expiration in February 2022. China is the world's most populous country, with a population of more than 1.4 billion people, on the other hand Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering over 17,098,246 square kilometres.

Currently, China focuses on domestic weapon designs and manufacturing, while still importing certain military products from Russia, such as jet engines. In September 2018, Russia hosted the militaries of China and Mongolia as a part of the Vostok 2018 military exercise. Russia and China flew joint bomber patrols over the Pacific. China refused to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Following the implementation of international sanctions during the war, China provided economic relief to Russia.

The Arab League (League of Arab States) is a regional organization in the Arab world. the League has 22 members, but Syria's participation has been suspended since November 2011. Current members: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The Joint Defence Council of the Arab League is one of the Institutions of the Arab League. The Arab League as an organisation has no military Force but they establish a peacekeeping force.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 358.9 billion $ 121.1 billion $
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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: 3,035,000 1,680,550
Reserve personnel: 4,000,000 1,567,000
Available for military: 420,586,837 68,012,996

Active

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

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Tanks: 18,017 7,992
Armoured fighting vehicles: 38,302 33,885
Total artillery: 25,360 9,970
Self-propelled artillery: 9,163 2,372
Rocket artillery: 7,471 2,169

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: 9,048 3,859
Fighter aircraft: 1,389 185
Multirole aircraft: 1,512 603
Attack aircraft: 809 314
Helicopters: 3,020 1,446
UCAV (combat drone): 251 52

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: 1,395 493
Aircraftcarriers: 5 2
Destroyers: 52 0
Frigates: 65 25
Corvettes: 153 30
Submarines: 140 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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Military service

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