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Iraq vs European Union EU

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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 European Union (EU) is a political and economic union countries that are located in Europe with an area of 4,233,255 km2 The capital of Ukraine is Brussels. The number of inhabitants estimated is about 447 million. Members of EU: Germany, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

The European Union were not devised as a military alliance because most of the members are in the North Atlantic Alliance. Since the withdrawal of the UK, France is the only member recognised as a nuclear weapon state. Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium participate in NATO nuclear sharing.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 9.7 billion $ 245.11 billion $
Percent of GDP: 3.5% 0%

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: 530,000 1,166,519
Reserve personnel: 553,000 1,801,532
Available for military: 11,700,000 92,594,951

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

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Tanks: 848 4,253
Armoured fighting vehicles: 5,284 29,418
Total artillery: 1,969 6,065
Self-propelled artillery: 283 1,872
Rocket artillery: 424 667

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: 379 5,420
Fighter aircraft: 0 453
Multirole aircraft: 26 874
Attack aircraft: 32 162
Helicopters: 203 2,454
UCAV (combat drone): 14 41

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: 68 1,306
Aircraftcarriers: 0 7
Destroyers: 0 19
Frigates: 0 69
Corvettes: 2 23
Submarines: 0 48

Total naval

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

Iraq

Does not have nuclear weapons.

European Union EU

Data not available

Military service

Iraq

18-49 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription.

European Union EU

Data not available