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Indonesia is a country located in Southeastern Asia with an area of 1,904,569 km2 (land boundries: 2,958 km and costline 54,716 km). The capital of Indonesia is Jakarta. The number of inhabitants is 270,203,917.

The Indonesian military inventory comes from a wide variety of sources. Indonesia has a growing defense industry fueled by technology transfers and cooperation agreements with several countries. The Indonesian Government publicly said in 2022 that growing its domestic defense industry is a national priority over the next 5-10 years.

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Australia is a country located in Oceania with an area of 7,692,024 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 25,760 km). The capital of Australia is Canberra. The number of inhabitants is 25,807,800.

Australia has been part of the Australia, New Zealand, and US Security (ANZUS) Treaty. In 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced an enhanced trilateral security partnership called “AUKUS” which would build on existing bilateral ties. The Australian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and imported Western weapons systems. USA is the largest supplier of arms. The Australian defense industry produces a variety of land and sea weapons platforms.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 9 billion $ 34.4 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0.6% 2%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 400,000 60,330
Reserve personnel: 400,000 29,740
Available for military: 131,000,000 5,316,464

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

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Tanks: 241 59
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,319 1,796
Total artillery: 796 235
Self-propelled artillery: 145 0
Rocket artillery: 90 0

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: 465 433
Fighter aircraft: 5 0
Multirole aircraft: 44 133
Attack aircraft: 51 0
Helicopters: 203 130
UCAV (combat drone): 6 0

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 347 45
Aircraftcarriers: 0 2
Destroyers: 0 3
Frigates: 7 8
Corvettes: 24 0
Submarines: 4 6

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Indonesia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Australia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Indonesia

18-27 years of age for voluntary or compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.

Australia

17 years of age for voluntary military service (with parental consent); no conscription; women allowed to serve in most combat roles, except the Army special forces.