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Egypt vs Taiwan

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Egypt is a country located in Northern Africa with an area of 1,010,407 km2 (land boundries: 2,612 km and costline 2,450 km). The capital of Egypt is Cairo. The number of inhabitants is 101,576,517.

Egypt has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US. The EAF's inventory is comprised of a mix of domestically produced, imported Soviet-era, and more modern, particularly Western, weapons systems. The leading suppliers of military hardware to Egypt are France, Russia, and the United States.

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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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6 billion $
19.1 billion $

Percent of GDP

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0 %
2.3 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

+
438,500
180,000

Reserve personnel

+
479,000
1,657,000

Available for military

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41,157,220
5,883,828

Land Forces

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Tanks

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3,789
888
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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8,699
2,031
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Total artillery

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4,328
2,082
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Self-propelled artillery

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889
448
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Rocket artillery

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1,250
234

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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1,103
791
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Fighter

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44
103
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Multirole

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278
183
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Attack

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121
0
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Helicopters

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310
243
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UCAV (combat drone)

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32
3

Navy

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Total naval

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193
111
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Aircraft carriers

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2
0
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Destroyers

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0
4
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Frigates

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14
22
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Corvettes

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7
13
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Submarines

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8
5

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.