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Military power of Iraq & Spain

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Iraq vs Spain

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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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Spain is a country located in Southwestern Europe with an area of 505,990 km2 (land boundries: 1,952.7 km and costline 4,964 km). The capital of Spain is Madrid. The number of inhabitants is 47,450,795.

Spain joined NATO in 1982. The inventory of the Spanish military is comprised of domestically-produced and imported Western weapons systems. Spain's defense industry manufactures land, air, and sea weapons systems and is integrated within the European defense-industrial sector.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 10 billion $ 23.7 billion $
Percent of GDP: 3.5% 1.5%

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: 193,000 133,282
Reserve personnel: 553,000 15,150
Available for military: 11,700,000 11,759,557

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

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Tanks: 848 327
Armoured fighting vehicles: 5,284 2,361
Total artillery: 1,969 242
Self-propelled artillery: 283 102
Rocket artillery: 424 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: 379 570
Fighter aircraft: 0 68
Multirole aircraft: 26 84
Attack aircraft: 32 13
Helicopters: 203 152
UCAV (combat drone): 14 4

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: 68 60
Aircraftcarriers: 0 1
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 0 11
Corvettes: 2 0
Submarines: 0 2

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.

Spain

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Iraq

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

Spain

18-26 years of age for voluntary military service by a Spanish citizen or legal immigrant, 2-3 year obligation; women allowed to serve in all SAF branches, including combat units; no conscription, but Spanish Government retains right to mobilize citizens 19-25 years of age in a national emergency; mandatory retirement of non-NCO enlisted personnel at age 45 or 58, depending on service length.