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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.

Qatar is a country located in Middle East with an area of 11,586 km2 (land boundries: 87 km and costline 563 km). The capital of Qatar is Doha. The number of inhabitants is 2,795,484.

The Qatari military's inventory includes a broad mix of older and modern weapons systems, mostly from the United States and Europe. In the 2010s, Qatar embarked on an extensive military expansion and modernization program with large air, ground, and naval equipment purchases.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 494.4 billion $ 6 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 3.6%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 3,035,000 66,550
Reserve personnel: 4,000,000 15,000
Available for military: 420,586,837 389,487

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

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Tanks: 18,017 138
Armoured fighting vehicles: 38,302 922
Total artillery: 25,360 62
Self-propelled artillery: 9,163 46
Rocket artillery: 7,471 16

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: 9,048 205
Fighter aircraft: 1,389 0
Multirole aircraft: 1,512 46
Attack aircraft: 809 6
Helicopters: 3,020 87
UCAV (combat drone): 251 6

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 1,395 92
Aircraftcarriers: 5 0
Destroyers: 52 0
Frigates: 65 0
Corvettes: 153 3
Submarines: 140 0

Total naval

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

China and Russia

Data not available

Qatar

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Qatar

Conscription for males aged 18-35; 4-month general obligation, 3 months for graduates.