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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.

An artificial alliance showing what NATO would look like without the United States of America which accounting for three quarters of North Atlantic Alliance defence spending. The supported countries included in this alliance: Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, Greece, Germany, Turkey, Spain, Hungary, Poland and Romania.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 358.9 billion $ 341.71 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 0%

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 1,784,389
Reserve personnel: 4,000,000 1,948,632
Available for military: 420,586,837 133,633,500

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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 7,513
Armoured fighting vehicles: 38,302 45,472
Total artillery: 25,360 8,754
Self-propelled artillery: 9,163 2,861
Rocket artillery: 7,471 1,119

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 8,174
Fighter aircraft: 1,389 643
Multirole aircraft: 1,512 1,169
Attack aircraft: 809 162
Helicopters: 3,020 3,552
UCAV (combat drone): 251 222

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 1,456
Aircraftcarriers: 5 8
Destroyers: 52 25
Frigates: 65 113
Corvettes: 153 32
Submarines: 140 75

Total naval

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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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