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The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union countries that are located in Europe with an area of 4,233,255 km2 The capital of Ukraine is Brussels. The number of inhabitants estimated is about 447 million. Members of EU: Germany, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

The European Union were not devised as a military alliance because most of the members are in the North Atlantic Alliance. Since the withdrawal of the UK, France is the only member recognised as a nuclear weapon state. Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium participate in NATO nuclear sharing.

The Arab League (League of Arab States) is a regional organization in the Arab world. the League has 22 members, but Syria's participation has been suspended since November 2011. Current members: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The Joint Defence Council of the Arab League is one of the Institutions of the Arab League. The Arab League as an organisation has no military Force but they establish a peacekeeping force.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 245.11 billion $ 121.1 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 0%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 1,166,519 1,680,550
Reserve personnel: 1,801,532 1,567,000
Available for military: 92,594,951 68,012,996

Active

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 4,253 7,992
Armoured fighting vehicles: 29,418 33,885
Total artillery: 6,065 9,970
Self-propelled artillery: 1,872 2,372
Rocket artillery: 667 2,169

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 5,420 3,859
Fighter aircraft: 453 185
Multirole aircraft: 874 603
Attack aircraft: 162 314
Helicopters: 2,454 1,446
UCAV (combat drone): 41 52

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 1,306 493
Aircraftcarriers: 7 2
Destroyers: 19 0
Frigates: 69 25
Corvettes: 23 30
Submarines: 48 8

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

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Military service

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