Military power of Egypt & Taiwan
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Country: | Egypt (EG) | Taiwan (TW) |
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Capital: | Cairo | Taipei |
Population: | 101,576,517 | 23,568,378 |
Area: | 1,010,407 km2 | 36,193 km2 |
More: | Egypt military forces description | Taiwan military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 11 billion $ | 13 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2.5% | 2.3% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 438,500 | 290,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 479,000 | 2,800,000 |
Available for military: | 41,157,220 | 5,883,828 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 3,044 | 1,160 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 11,454 | 1,714 | |
Total artillery: | 4,000 | 1,944 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 889 | 440 | |
Rocket artillery: | 1,322 | 126 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 1,373 | 814 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 113 | 129 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 252 | 189 | |
Attack aircraft: | 121 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 306 | 237 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 0 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 128 | 96 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 2 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 4 | |
Frigates: | 9 | 22 | |
Corvettes: | 4 | 1 | |
Submarines: | 8 | 4 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Egypt
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Taiwan
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.
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.