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Greece vs NATO

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Greece is a country located in Southern Europe with an area of 131,990 km2 (land boundries: 1,110 km and costline 13,676 km). The capital of Greece is Athens. The number of inhabitants is 10,718,565.

Greece joined NATO in 1952. The inventory of the Hellenic Armed Forces consists mostly of a mix of imported weapons from Europe and the USA. Germany is the leading supplier of weapons systems. Greece entered into a security agreement with France in 2021 that included the sale of frigates and fighter aircraft to augment its aging weapons systems. Greece's defense industry also is capable of producing a range of military hardware

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (North Atlantic Alliance) is an intergovernmental military alliance which was signed in Washington on 4 April 1949. NATO is a system of collective security: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by others countries. NATO's main headquarters are located in Brussels. The following twelve states signed the treaty and became the founding members: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom and United States. The following states joined the treaty after 1949: Greece, Germany, Turkey and Spain. Members who joined after the dissolution of the Soviet Union: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia.

Before and during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, several NATO countries sent army to reinforce the alliance's eastern flank. Alliance had deployed 40,000 troops along its 2,500 kilometres long Eastern flank to deter possible Russian aggression. On 5 July the North Atlantic Alliance members signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland and formally approved the decisions of the NATO summit.

Finland joined the alliance on 4 April 2023.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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9 billion $
1338.7 billion $

Percent of GDP

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3.7 %
0 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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107,600
3,298,939

Reserve personnel

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221,600
2,728,032

Available for military

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2,535,174
211,574,462

Land Forces

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Tanks

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1,344
12,541
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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4,804
86,437
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Total artillery

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1,439
12,731
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Self-propelled artillery

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589
4,605
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Rocket artillery

+
152
1,898

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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741
21,098
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Fighter

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17
863
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Multirole

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200
3,876
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Attack

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0
642
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Helicopters

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343
7,890
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UCAV (combat drone)

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3
964

Navy

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Total naval

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191
2,394
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Aircraft carriers

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0
30
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Destroyers

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0
122
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Frigates

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13
120
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Corvettes

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0
64
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Submarines

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10
148

Nuclear weapons

Greece

Does not have nuclear weapons.

NATO

Data not available

Military service

Greece

19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 18 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation is 1 year for the Army and 9 months for the Air Force and Navy; women are eligible for voluntary military service.

NATO

Data not available