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Military power of Iraq & Axis of Resistance

Iraq vs Axis of Resistance

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Iraq Axis of Resistance

Iraq is a country located in Middle East with an area of 437,072 km² (land boundries: 3,809 km and costline 58 km). The capital of Iraq is Baghdad. The number of inhabitants is 38,433,600.

The Iraqi military inventory is comprised of a mix of equipment from a wide variety of sources, including Europe, South Africa, South Korea, Russia, and the US. Russia and the USA are the leading suppliers of military hardware to Iraq.

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The Axis of Resistance is informal military alliance between Iran, Palestine, Syria and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. They are unified by their goal of opposing NATO, Israeli and Saudi Arabian activities in the region.

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Military expenditures

	IQ	AOR
Military budget:	10 billion $	11.8 billion $
Percent of GDP:	3.5%	0%

Military budget

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

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Manpower

	IQ	AOR
Active personnel:	193,000	756,000
Reserve personnel:	553,000	200,000
Available for military:	11,700,000	35,169,215

Active

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

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Reserve

Highest value in the world: 3,000,000 (Vietnam)

Available

Highest value in the world: 385,821,101 (China)

Land Forces

	IQ	AOR
Tanks:	848	6,349
Armoured fighting vehicles:	5,284	8,194
Total artillery:	1,969	8,216
Self-propelled artillery:	283	1,532
Rocket artillery:	424	2,446

Tanks

Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)

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AFV

Highest value in the world: 38,639 (USA)

Artillery

Highest value in the world: 18,266 (Russia)

Self-propelled

Highest value in the world: 6,443 (Russia)

Rocket artillery

Highest value in the world: 4,331 (Russia)

Air Forces

	IQ	AOR
Total aircraft:	379	1,443
Fighter aircraft:	0	220
Multirole aircraft:	26	104
Attack aircraft:	32	113
Helicopters:	203	690
UCAV (combat drone):	14	83