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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.

Italy is a country located in Southern Europe with an area of 301,338 km2 (land boundries: 1,836.4 km and costline 7,600 km). The capital of Italy is Rome. The number of inhabitants is 60,317,116.

Italy is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. The Italian Armed Forces inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced, jointly-produced, and imported weapons systems, mostly from Europe and the United State. The Italian defense industry is capable of producing equipment across all the military domains with particular strengths in naval vessels and aircraft

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 358.9 billion $ 32 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 1.5%

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: 3,035,000 165,500
Reserve personnel: 4,000,000 18,300
Available for military: 420,586,837 13,865,688

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

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Tanks: 18,017 200
Armoured fighting vehicles: 38,302 2,758
Total artillery: 25,360 197
Self-propelled artillery: 9,163 68
Rocket artillery: 7,471 21

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

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Total aircraft: 9,048 712
Fighter aircraft: 1,389 92
Multirole aircraft: 1,512 66
Attack aircraft: 809 45
Helicopters: 3,020 423
UCAV (combat drone): 251 12

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: 1,395 200
Aircraftcarriers: 5 2
Destroyers: 52 4
Frigates: 65 15
Corvettes: 153 0
Submarines: 140 8

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

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Italy

Italy participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.

Military service

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Italy

18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; women may serve in any military branch; Italian citizenship required; 1-year service obligation.