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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.

Finland is a country located in Northern Europe with an area of 338,424 km2 (land boundries: 2,563 km and costline 1,250 km). The capital of Finland is Helsinki. The number of inhabitants is 5,536,146.

Finland was not a member of NATO, but Finland and NATO actively cooperated in peace-support operations, exercised together, and exchanged analysis and information. Finland is a signatory of the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). On 5 July 2022, NATO signed the accession protocol for Finland to join the alliance. The inventory of the Finnish Defense Forces consists of a wide mix of mostly modern US, European, and domestically-produced weapons systems.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 295.8 billion $ 6.7 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 2.3%

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 24,000
Reserve personnel: 1,687,132 870,000
Available for military: 92,594,951 1,155,368

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: 4,244 239
Armoured fighting vehicles: 29,656 2,020
Total artillery: 6,056 821
Self-propelled artillery: 1,856 97
Rocket artillery: 674 62

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: 5,350 158
Fighter aircraft: 415 0
Multirole aircraft: 883 55
Attack aircraft: 142 0
Helicopters: 2,336 27
UCAV (combat drone): 68 0

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: 1,306 170
Aircraftcarriers: 7 0
Destroyers: 18 0
Frigates: 69 0
Corvettes: 23 2
Submarines: 48 0

Total naval

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

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Data not available

Finland

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Data not available

Finland

18 years of age for male voluntary and compulsory - and female voluntary - national military and nonmilitary service; service obligation 6-12 months; military obligation to age 60