Military power of European Union EU & Romania
European Union EU vs Romania
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.
Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe with an area of 238,391 km2 (land boundries: 2,844 km and costline 225 km). The capital of Romania is Bucharest. The number of inhabitants is 19,317,984.
Romania became a member of NATO in 2004. Romania conducts its own air policing mission, but because of Russian aggression in the Black Sea region, NATO allies have sent detachments of fighters to augment the Romanian Air Force since 2014. Romania hosts a NATO multinational divisional and a brigade-sized headquarters. The inventory of the Romanian Armed Forces is comprised mostly of Soviet-era and older domestically-produced weapons systems.
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Military expenditures
EU | RO | |
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Military budget: | 295.8 billion $ | 8.7 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 0% | 2.5% |
Manpower
EU | RO | |
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Active personnel: | 1,277,969 | 68,500 |
Reserve personnel: | 1,687,132 | 53,000 |
Available for military: | 92,594,951 | 5,601,234 |
Land Forces
EU | RO | ||
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Tanks: | 4,244 | 440 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 29,656 | 1,352 | |
Total artillery: | 6,056 | 1,355 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 1,856 | 53 | |
Rocket artillery: | 674 | 207 |
Air Forces
EU | RO | ||
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Total aircraft: | 5,350 | 165 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 415 | 23 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 883 | 14 | |
Attack aircraft: | 142 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 2,336 | 69 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 68 | 0 |
Navy
EU | RO | ||
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Total naval: | 1,306 | 55 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 7 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 18 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 69 | 3 | |
Corvettes: | 23 | 7 | |
Submarines: | 48 | 1 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
European Union EU
Data not available
Romania
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Military service
European Union EU
Data not available
Romania
18 years of age for male and female voluntary service; conscription ended 2006; all military inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of service, with subsequent successive 3-year terms until age 36.