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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.

Venezuela is a country located in Northern South America with an area of 916,445 km2 (land boundries: 5,267 km and costline 2,800 km). The capital of Venezuela is Caracas. The number of inhabitants is 28,887,118.

The FANB inventory is mainly of Chinese and Russian origin with a smaller mix of equipment from Western countries. Russia is the top supplier of military hardware to Venezuela

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 245.11 billion $ 0.7 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 0.35%

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: 1,166,519 330,000
Reserve personnel: 1,801,532 8,000
Available for military: 92,594,951 8,000,000

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

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Tanks: 4,253 312
Armoured fighting vehicles: 29,418 1,000
Total artillery: 6,065 200
Self-propelled artillery: 1,872 60
Rocket artillery: 667 36

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: 5,420 263
Fighter aircraft: 453 6
Multirole aircraft: 874 42
Attack aircraft: 162 0
Helicopters: 2,454 81
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 46
Aircraftcarriers: 7 0
Destroyers: 19 0
Frigates: 69 2
Corvettes: 23 3
Submarines: 48 2

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

Venezuela

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Data not available

Venezuela

All citizens of military service age (18-60 years old) are obligated to register for military service, though mandatory recruitment is forbidden; the minimum service obligation is 12 months.