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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.

Canada is a country located in Northern North America with an area of 9,984,670 km2 (land boundries: 8,891 km and costline 202,080 km). The capital of Canada is Ottawa. The number of inhabitants is 38,048,738.

Canada is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. Canada is part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The Canadian's inventory is a mix of domestically-produced equipment and imported weapons systems from Australia, Europe, Israel, and the USA. The leading supplier is the United States. Canada's defense industry develops, maintains, and produces a range of equipment, including aircraft, combat vehicles, naval vessels.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 358.9 billion $ 26.4 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 1.4%

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 68,000
Reserve personnel: 4,000,000 27,000
Available for military: 420,586,837 8,031,266

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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 82
Armoured fighting vehicles: 38,302 1,693
Total artillery: 25,360 163
Self-propelled artillery: 9,163 0
Rocket artillery: 7,471 0

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 9,048 417
Fighter aircraft: 1,389 0
Multirole aircraft: 1,512 98
Attack aircraft: 809 0
Helicopters: 3,020 165
UCAV (combat drone): 251 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: 1,395 67
Aircraftcarriers: 5 0
Destroyers: 52 0
Frigates: 65 12
Corvettes: 153 0
Submarines: 140 4

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

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Canada

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Canada

17 years of age for voluntary male and female military service (with parental consent); 16 years of age for Reserve and Military College applicants; Canadian citizenship or permanent residence status required; maximum 34 years of age; service obligation 3-9 years