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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 China-DPRK Treaty on Friendship is a treaty signed on 11 July 1961 between North Korea and China. The treaty obligates China militarily to defend North Korea and vice versa.North Korea enjoys a close relationship with China which is often called North Korea's closest ally. The relations were strained in the last few years because of China's concerns about North Korea's nuclear program. Both countries have nuclear weapons.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 295.8 billion $ 410 billion $
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Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 1,277,969 3,355,000
Reserve personnel: 1,687,132 2,600,000
Available for military: 92,594,951 392,336,380

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

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Tanks: 4,244 11,750
Armoured fighting vehicles: 29,656 18,130
Total artillery: 6,056 20,094
Self-propelled artillery: 1,856 7,220
Rocket artillery: 674 7,140

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: 5,350 5,590
Fighter aircraft: 415 1,398
Multirole aircraft: 883 1,165
Attack aircraft: 142 308
Helicopters: 2,336 1,557
UCAV (combat drone): 68 151

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 1,306 1,709
Aircraftcarriers: 7 4
Destroyers: 18 38
Frigates: 69 56
Corvettes: 23 81
Submarines: 48 146

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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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