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Military power of Iran & Taiwan

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Iran Taiwan

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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Taiwan is a country located in Eastern Asia with an area of 36,193 km² (land boundries: 0 km and costline 1,566.3 km). The capital of Taiwan is Taipei. The number of inhabitants is 23,568,378.

The Taiwan military is armed mostly with second-hand weapons and equipment provided by the USA. Taiwan also has a domestic defense industry capable of building a range of military equipment.

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Military expenditures

Military budget

10 billion $

19.1 billion $

Percent of GDP

2.1 %

2.3 %

Manpower

Active personnel

587,000

180,000

Reserve personnel

200,000

1,657,000

Available for military

23,619,215

5,883,828

Land Forces

Tanks

2,198

888

Armoured fighting vehicles

2,875

2,031

Total artillery

4,582

2,082

Self-propelled artillery

742

448

Rocket artillery

1,752

234

Air Forces

Total aircraft

1,052

791

Fighter

127

103

Multirole

76

183

Attack

21

0

Helicopters

339

243

UCAV (combat drone)

328

3

Navy

Total naval

279

111

Aircraft carriers

0

Destroyers

0

4

Frigates

7

22

Corvettes

3

13

Submarines

25

5

Nuclear weapons

Iran

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Taiwan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

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.

Taiwan

Males 18-36 years of age may volunteer for military service or must complete 4 months of compulsory military training (or substitute civil service in some cases); women may enlist; women in Air Force service are restricted to noncombat roles; for men born before December 1993, compulsory service (military or civil) is 1 year; for 8 years after discharge, men are subject to training recall four times for periods not to exceed 20 days.