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Indonesia vs Malaysia

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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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Malaysia is a country located in Southeastern Asia with an area of 330,803 km2 (land boundries: 2,742 km and costline 4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607 km)). The capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur. The number of inhabitants is 32,730,000.

Malaysia is a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements, a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 embracing Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Malaysia also cooperates closely with the US military. the Malaysian Armed Forces field a diverse mix of mostly older imported weapons systems.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 10.1 billion $ 3.6 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0.7% 1.16%

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: 400,000 0
Reserve personnel: 400,000 51,600
Available for military: 131,000,000 14,817,517

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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 48
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,319 1,276
Total artillery: 796 250
Self-propelled artillery: 145 0
Rocket artillery: 90 54

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: 465 122
Fighter aircraft: 5 0
Multirole aircraft: 44 26
Attack aircraft: 51 12
Helicopters: 203 54
UCAV (combat drone): 6 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: 347 111
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 7 3
Corvettes: 24 6
Submarines: 4 2

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.

Malaysia

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.

Malaysia

17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service (younger with parental consent and proof of age); mandatory retirement age 60; women serve in the Malaysian Armed Forces; no conscription.