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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.

Iraq is a country located in Middle East with an area of 437,072 km2 (land boundries: 3,809 km and costline 58 km). The capital of Iraq is Baghdad. The number of inhabitants is 38,433,600.

The Iraqi military inventory is comprised of a mix of equipment from a wide variety of sources, including Europe, South Africa, South Korea, Russia, and the US. Russia and the USA are the leading suppliers of military hardware to Iraq.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 358.9 billion $ 9.7 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 3.5%

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: 3,035,000 530,000
Reserve personnel: 4,000,000 553,000
Available for military: 420,586,837 11,700,000

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

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Tanks: 18,017 848
Armoured fighting vehicles: 38,302 5,284
Total artillery: 25,360 1,969
Self-propelled artillery: 9,163 283
Rocket artillery: 7,471 424

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: 9,048 379
Fighter aircraft: 1,389 0
Multirole aircraft: 1,512 26
Attack aircraft: 809 32
Helicopters: 3,020 203
UCAV (combat drone): 251 14

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 68
Aircraftcarriers: 5 0
Destroyers: 52 0
Frigates: 65 0
Corvettes: 153 2
Submarines: 140 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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Iraq

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Iraq

18-49 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription.