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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.

Malaysia is a country located in Southeastern Asia with an area of 330,803 km2 (land boundries: 2,742 km and costline 4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607 km)). The capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur. The number of inhabitants is 32,730,000.

Malaysia is a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements, a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 embracing Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Malaysia also cooperates closely with the US military. the Malaysian Armed Forces field a diverse mix of mostly older imported weapons systems.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 358.9 billion $ 3.6 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 1.16%

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 0
Reserve personnel: 4,000,000 51,600
Available for military: 420,586,837 14,817,517

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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 48
Armoured fighting vehicles: 38,302 1,276
Total artillery: 25,360 250
Self-propelled artillery: 9,163 0
Rocket artillery: 7,471 54

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

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Total aircraft: 9,048 122
Fighter aircraft: 1,389 0
Multirole aircraft: 1,512 26
Attack aircraft: 809 12
Helicopters: 3,020 54
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: 1,395 111
Aircraftcarriers: 5 0
Destroyers: 52 0
Frigates: 65 3
Corvettes: 153 6
Submarines: 140 2

Total naval

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

China and Russia

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Malaysia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

China and Russia

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Malaysia

17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service (younger with parental consent and proof of age); mandatory retirement age 60; women serve in the Malaysian Armed Forces; no conscription.