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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.

Azerbaijan is a country located in Southwestern Asia with an area of 86,600 km2 (land boundries: 2,468 km and costline 0 km (landlocked); note - Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (713 km)). The capital of Azerbaijan is Baku. The number of inhabitants is 10,127,874.

The inventory of the Azerbaijan military is comprised mostly of Russian and Soviet-era weapons systems with a small mix of equipment from other countries, like Israel and Turkey.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 494.4 billion $ 3.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 5.5%

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: 3,035,000 126,400
Reserve personnel: 4,000,000 330,000
Available for military: 420,586,837 3,000,000

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

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Tanks: 18,017 940
Armoured fighting vehicles: 38,302 2,363
Total artillery: 25,360 909
Self-propelled artillery: 9,163 267
Rocket artillery: 7,471 323

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: 9,048 176
Fighter aircraft: 1,389 5
Multirole aircraft: 1,512 15
Attack aircraft: 809 11
Helicopters: 3,020 97
UCAV (combat drone): 251 0

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: 1,395 31
Aircraftcarriers: 5 0
Destroyers: 52 0
Frigates: 65 1
Corvettes: 153 0
Submarines: 140 4

Total naval

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

China and Russia

Data not available

Azerbaijan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

China and Russia

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Azerbaijan

18-35 years of age for cumpulsory military service; service obligation 18 months or 12 months for university graduates; 17 years of age for voluntary service; 17 year olds are considered to be on active service at cadet military schools.