Military power of Egypt & Greece
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Country: | Egypt (EG) | Greece (GR) |
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Capital: | Cairo | Athens |
Population: | 101,576,517 | 10,718,565 |
Area: | 1,010,407 km2 | 131,990 km2 |
More: | Egypt military forces description | Greece military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 11 billion $ | 5.3 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2.5% | 2.6% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 438,500 | 107,600 |
Reserve personnel: | 479,000 | 221,600 |
Available for military: | 41,157,220 | 2,535,174 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 3,044 | 1,353 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 11,454 | 3,400 | |
Total artillery: | 4,000 | 1,162 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 889 | 547 | |
Rocket artillery: | 1,322 | 152 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 1,373 | 620 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 113 | 0 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 252 | 198 | |
Attack aircraft: | 121 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 306 | 268 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 0 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 128 | 99 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 2 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 9 | 13 | |
Corvettes: | 4 | 0 | |
Submarines: | 8 | 11 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Egypt
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Greece
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Military service
Egypt
18-30 years of age for male conscript military service; service obligation - 18-36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation; voluntary enlistment possible from age 16.
Greece
19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 18 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation is 1 year for the Army and 9 months for the Air Force and Navy; women are eligible for voluntary military service.