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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.

Saudi Arabia is a country located in Middle East with an area of 2,149,690 km2 (land boundries: 4,272 km and costline 2,640 km). The capital of Saudi Arabia is Riyadh. The number of inhabitants is 34,218,169.

Saudi-led coalition of Arab states invaded Yemen in 2015. The inventory of the Saudi military forces, including the SANG, includes a mix of mostly modern weapons systems from the US and Europe. The United States is the leading supplier of armaments. In 2021 Saudi Arabia was the world's largest arms importer.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 245.11 billion $ 69 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 8.3%

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: 1,166,519 480,000
Reserve personnel: 1,801,532 325,000
Available for military: 92,594,951 8,240,714

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 1,275
Armoured fighting vehicles: 29,418 6,347
Total artillery: 6,065 2,580
Self-propelled artillery: 1,872 510
Rocket artillery: 667 252

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 1,407
Fighter aircraft: 453 141
Multirole aircraft: 874 72
Attack aircraft: 162 151
Helicopters: 2,454 491
UCAV (combat drone): 41 0

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 34
Aircraftcarriers: 7 0
Destroyers: 19 0
Frigates: 69 11
Corvettes: 23 9
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

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Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Data not available

Saudi Arabia

17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription.