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Iraq vs Taiwan

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Iraq Taiwan

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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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

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Military budget: 10 billion $ 19.1 billion $
Percent of GDP: 3.5% 2.3%

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: 193,000 180,000
Reserve personnel: 553,000 1,657,000
Available for military: 11,700,000 5,883,828

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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 1,160
Armoured fighting vehicles: 5,284 1,714
Total artillery: 1,969 1,944
Self-propelled artillery: 283 440
Rocket artillery: 424 126

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: 379 814
Fighter aircraft: 0 129
Multirole aircraft: 26 189
Attack aircraft: 32 0
Helicopters: 203 237
UCAV (combat drone): 14 0

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 96
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 4
Frigates: 0 22
Corvettes: 2 1
Submarines: 0 4

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.

Taiwan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Iraq

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

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.