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Denmark vs Taiwan

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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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Taiwan is a country located in Eastern Asia with an area of 36,193 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 1,566.3 km). The capital of Taiwan is Taipei. The number of inhabitants is 23,568,378.

The Taiwan military is armed mostly with second-hand weapons and equipment provided by the USA. Taiwan also has a domestic defense industry capable of building a range of military equipment.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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5 billion $
19.1 billion $

Percent of GDP

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1.4 %
2.3 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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21,000
180,000

Reserve personnel

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63,000
1,657,000

Available for military

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2,605,137
5,883,828

Land Forces

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Tanks

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44
888
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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621
2,031
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Total artillery

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27
2,082
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Self-propelled artillery

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19
448
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Rocket artillery

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8
234

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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133
791
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Fighter

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0
103
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Multirole

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48
183
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Attack

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0
0
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Helicopters

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34
243
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UCAV (combat drone)

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0
3

Navy

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Total naval

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79
111
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Aircraft carriers

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0
0
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Destroyers

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0
4
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Frigates

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9
22
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Corvettes

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0
13
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Submarines

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0
5

Nuclear weapons

Denmark

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Taiwan

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

Taiwan

Males 18-36 years of age may volunteer for military service or must complete 4 months of compulsory military training (or substitute civil service in some cases); women may enlist; women in Air Force service are restricted to noncombat roles; for men born before December 1993, compulsory service (military or civil) is 1 year; for 8 years after discharge, men are subject to training recall four times for periods not to exceed 20 days.