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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.

Spain is a country located in Southwestern Europe with an area of 505,990 km2 (land boundries: 1,952.7 km and costline 4,964 km). The capital of Spain is Madrid. The number of inhabitants is 47,450,795.

Spain joined NATO in 1982. The inventory of the Spanish military is comprised of domestically-produced and imported Western weapons systems. Spain's defense industry manufactures land, air, and sea weapons systems and is integrated within the European defense-industrial sector.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 358.9 billion $ 19.5 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 1.4%

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: 3,035,000 133,282
Reserve personnel: 4,000,000 15,150
Available for military: 420,586,837 11,759,557

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

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Tanks: 18,017 327
Armoured fighting vehicles: 38,302 2,361
Total artillery: 25,360 242
Self-propelled artillery: 9,163 102
Rocket artillery: 7,471 0

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: 9,048 570
Fighter aircraft: 1,389 68
Multirole aircraft: 1,512 84
Attack aircraft: 809 13
Helicopters: 3,020 152
UCAV (combat drone): 251 4

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 60
Aircraftcarriers: 5 1
Destroyers: 52 0
Frigates: 65 11
Corvettes: 153 0
Submarines: 140 2

Total naval

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

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Spain

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Spain

18-26 years of age for voluntary military service by a Spanish citizen or legal immigrant, 2-3 year obligation; women allowed to serve in all SAF branches, including combat units; no conscription, but Spanish Government retains right to mobilize citizens 19-25 years of age in a national emergency; mandatory retirement of non-NCO enlisted personnel at age 45 or 58, depending on service length.