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Iran is a country located in Middle East with an area of 1,648,195 km2 (land boundries: 5,894 km and costline 2,440 km - note: Iran also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km)). The capital of Iran is Tehran. The number of inhabitants is 83,183,741.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was formed in May 1979. The IRGC was a highly institutionalized and parallel military force to Iran’s regular armed forces. The Iranian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and mostly older foreign equipment largely of Chinese, Russian, Soviet, and US origin. Iran has a defense industry with the capacity to develop, produce, support, and sustain air, land, missile, and naval weapons programs.

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The China-DPRK Treaty on Friendship is a treaty signed on 11 July 1961 between North Korea and China. The treaty obligates China militarily to defend North Korea and vice versa.North Korea enjoys a close relationship with China which is often called North Korea's closest ally. The relations were strained in the last few years because of China's concerns about North Korea's nuclear program. Both countries have nuclear weapons.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 10 billion $ 410 billion $
Percent of GDP: 2.1% 0%

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: 587,000 3,355,000
Reserve personnel: 200,000 2,600,000
Available for military: 23,619,215 392,336,380

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

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Tanks: 2,842 11,750
Armoured fighting vehicles: 3,555 18,130
Total artillery: 4,873 20,094
Self-propelled artillery: 1,030 7,220
Rocket artillery: 1,755 7,140

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: 973 5,590
Fighter aircraft: 112 1,398
Multirole aircraft: 75 1,165
Attack aircraft: 23 308
Helicopters: 519 1,557
UCAV (combat drone): 83 151

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: 272 1,709
Aircraftcarriers: 0 4
Destroyers: 0 38
Frigates: 6 56
Corvettes: 3 81
Submarines: 19 146

Total naval

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

Iran

Does not have nuclear weapons.

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Military service

Iran

18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; 17 years of age for Law Enforcement Forces; 15 years of age for Basij Forces (Popular Mobilization Army); conscript military service obligation is 18 months; women exempt from military service.

China and North Korea

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