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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 European Union (EU) is a political and economic union countries that are located in Europe with an area of 4,233,255 km2 The capital of Ukraine is Brussels. The number of inhabitants estimated is about 447 million. Members of EU: Germany, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

The European Union were not devised as a military alliance because most of the members are in the North Atlantic Alliance. Since the withdrawal of the UK, France is the only member recognised as a nuclear weapon state. Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium participate in NATO nuclear sharing.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 494.4 billion $ 295.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 0%

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 1,277,969
Reserve personnel: 4,000,000 1,687,132
Available for military: 420,586,837 92,594,951

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 4,244
Armoured fighting vehicles: 38,302 29,656
Total artillery: 25,360 6,056
Self-propelled artillery: 9,163 1,856
Rocket artillery: 7,471 674

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 5,350
Fighter aircraft: 1,389 415
Multirole aircraft: 1,512 883
Attack aircraft: 809 142
Helicopters: 3,020 2,336
UCAV (combat drone): 251 68

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 1,306
Aircraftcarriers: 5 7
Destroyers: 52 18
Frigates: 65 69
Corvettes: 153 23
Submarines: 140 48

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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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