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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.

An artificial alliance showing what NATO would look like without the United States of America which accounting for three quarters of North Atlantic Alliance defence spending. The supported countries included in this alliance: Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, Greece, Germany, Turkey, Spain, Hungary, Poland and Romania.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 245.11 billion $ 341.71 billion $
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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 1,784,389
Reserve personnel: 1,801,532 1,948,632
Available for military: 92,594,951 133,633,500

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 7,513
Armoured fighting vehicles: 29,418 45,472
Total artillery: 6,065 8,754
Self-propelled artillery: 1,872 2,861
Rocket artillery: 667 1,119

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 8,174
Fighter aircraft: 453 643
Multirole aircraft: 874 1,169
Attack aircraft: 162 162
Helicopters: 2,454 3,552
UCAV (combat drone): 41 222

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 1,456
Aircraftcarriers: 7 8
Destroyers: 19 25
Frigates: 69 113
Corvettes: 23 32
Submarines: 48 75

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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