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Denmark is a country located in Northern Europe with an area of 43,094 km2 (land boundries: 141 km and costline 7,314 km). The capital of Denmark is Copenhagen. The number of inhabitants is 5,982,117.

Denmark joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973. Military inventory is comprised of modern European, US, and domestically produced weapons and equipment. The Danish defense industry is active in the production of naval vessels, defense electronics, and subcomponents of larger weapons systems, such as the US F-35 fighter aircraft; the major warships of the Royal Danish Navy were all produced domestically.

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Brazil is a country located in Eastern South America with an area of 8,515,767 km2 (land boundries: 16,145 km and costline 7,491 km). The capital of Brazil is Brasília. The number of inhabitants is 210,147,125.

Brazil has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the United States. MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, but it does not entail any security obligations. The Brazilian military's inventory consists of a mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons, largely from Europe and the US. Brazil's defense industry is capable of designing and manufacturing equipment for all three military services

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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5 billion $
25 billion $

Percent of GDP

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1.4 %
1.1 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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21,000
334,500

Reserve personnel

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63,000
1,340,000

Available for military

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2,605,137
53,350,703

Land Forces

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Tanks

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44
469
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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621
1,696
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Total artillery

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27
760
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Self-propelled artillery

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19
136
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Rocket artillery

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8
78

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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133
473
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Fighter

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0
45
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Multirole

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48
3
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Attack

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0
77
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Helicopters

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34
182
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UCAV (combat drone)

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0
0

Navy

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Total naval

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79
216
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Aircraft carriers

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0
1
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Destroyers

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0
0
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Frigates

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9
6
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Corvettes

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0
2
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Submarines

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0
7

Nuclear weapons

Denmark

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Brazil

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Denmark

18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months depending on specialization; former conscripts are assigned to mobilization units; women eligible to volunteer for military service; in addition to full time employment, the Danish military offers reserve contracts in all three branches

Brazil

18-45 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 10-12 months; 17-45 years of age for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer professionals; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps.