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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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Philippines is a country located in Southeastern Asia with an area of 300,000 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 36,289 km). The capital of Philippines is Manila. The number of inhabitants is 106,651,394.

The Philippines has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is equipped with a mix of imported weapons systems, particularly second-hand equipment from the USA.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 9 billion $ 5 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0.6% 1%

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: 400,000 143,100
Reserve personnel: 400,000 70,000
Available for military: 131,000,000 25,614,135

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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 18
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,319 567
Total artillery: 796 325
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: 465 229
Fighter aircraft: 5 12
Multirole aircraft: 44 0
Attack aircraft: 51 13
Helicopters: 203 111
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: 347 196
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 7 2
Corvettes: 24 3
Submarines: 4 0

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.

Philippines

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.

Philippines

17-23 years of age (officers 20-24) for voluntary military service; no conscription; applicants must be single male or female Philippine citizens with either 72 college credit hours (enlisted) or a baccalaureate degree (officers).