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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.

Poland is a country located in Central Europe with an area of 312,679 km2 (land boundries: 2,865 km and costline 440 km). The capital of Poland is Warsaw. The number of inhabitants is 38,268,000.

Poland joined NATO in 1999 and hosts US-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup since 2007. The inventory of the Polish Armed Forces consists of a mix of Soviet-era and more modern Western weapons systems. Poland announced in March 2022 plans to increase the size of its armed forces to 300,000 personnel and to allocate at least 3% of GDP to defense. Modernization plan would include such items as 5th generation combat aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, rocket artillery, helicopters, submarines and frigates.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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494.4 billion $
40 billion $

Percent of GDP

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0 %
4.7 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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3,035,000
200,000

Reserve personnel

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4,000,000
150,000

Available for military

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420,586,837
10,500,000

Land Forces

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Tanks

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18,017
601
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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38,302
2,417
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Total artillery

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25,360
773
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Self-propelled artillery

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9,163
585
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Rocket artillery

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7,471
188

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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9,048
481
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Fighter

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1,389
13
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Multirole

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1,512
60
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Attack

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809
18
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Helicopters

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3,020
212
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UCAV (combat drone)

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251
24

Navy

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Total naval

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1,395
66
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Aircraft carriers

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5
0
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Destroyers

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52
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Frigates

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65
2
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Corvettes

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153
2
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Submarines

+
140
1

Nuclear weapons

China and Russia

Data not available

Poland

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

China and Russia

Data not available

Poland

18-28 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription phased out in 2009-12; service obligation shortened from 12 to 9 months in 2005; women only allowed to serve as officers and noncommissioned officers.