Military power of Greece & Romania
Greece vs Romania
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
More about Greece militaryRomania 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
GR | RO | |
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Military budget: | 9 billion $ | 8.7 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 3.7% | 2.5% |
Manpower
GR | RO | |
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Active personnel: | 107,600 | 68,500 |
Reserve personnel: | 221,600 | 53,000 |
Available for military: | 2,535,174 | 5,601,234 |
Land Forces
GR | RO | ||
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Tanks: | 1,365 | 440 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 4,126 | 1,352 | |
Total artillery: | 1,469 | 1,355 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 588 | 53 | |
Rocket artillery: | 152 | 207 |
Air Forces
GR | RO | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total aircraft: | 855 | 165 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 35 | 23 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 202 | 14 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 427 | 69 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 3 | 0 |
Navy
GR | RO | ||
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Total naval: | 236 | 55 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 13 | 3 | |
Corvettes: | 0 | 7 | |
Submarines: | 11 | 1 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Greece
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Romania
Does not have nuclear weapons.
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.
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.