Military power of Israel & Italy
Israel vs Italy
Israel is a country located in Middle East with an area of 20,770 km2 (land boundries: 1,068 km and costline 273 km). The capital of Israel is Jerusalem but it is internationally unrecognized. The number of inhabitants is 9,353,610.
Israel has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US. The majority of the IDF's inventory is comprised of weapons that are domestically-produced or imported from Europe and the United States. Israel has a broad defense industrial base that can develop, produce, support, and sustain a wide variety of weapons systems.
More about Israel militaryItaly is a country located in Southern Europe with an area of 301,338 km2 (land boundries: 1,836.4 km and costline 7,600 km). The capital of Italy is Rome. The number of inhabitants is 60,317,116.
Italy is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. The Italian Armed Forces inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced, jointly-produced, and imported weapons systems, mostly from Europe and the United State. The Italian defense industry is capable of producing equipment across all the military domains with particular strengths in naval vessels and aircraft
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Military expenditures
IL | IT | |
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Military budget: | 24 billion $ | 32.7 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 5.2% | 1.5% |
Manpower
IL | IT | |
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Active personnel: | 169,500 | 165,500 |
Reserve personnel: | 465,000 | 18,300 |
Available for military: | 1,797,960 | 13,865,688 |
Land Forces
IL | IT | ||
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Tanks: | 1,300 | 200 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 6,190 | 2,758 | |
Total artillery: | 621 | 197 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 352 | 68 | |
Rocket artillery: | 98 | 21 |
Air Forces
IL | IT | ||
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Total aircraft: | 626 | 712 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 41 | 92 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 239 | 66 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 45 | |
Helicopters: | 127 | 423 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 15 | 12 |
Navy
IL | IT | ||
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Total naval: | 63 | 200 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 2 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 4 | |
Frigates: | 0 | 15 | |
Corvettes: | 7 | 0 | |
Submarines: | 6 | 8 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Israel
Although not certain, there is a rumour that Israel was the sixth country in the world that managed to research and develop their own nuclear arsenal. However, they did not confirm that fact. Still, a lot of sources claim that they managed to prepare fully working nuclear warheads in 1966. In spite of such early dates, Israel has not joined the NPT. Up to this day, they do not confirm nor deny the possibility of having nuclear arsenal. As a result of that, Israel is said to apply quite effective, yet affordable deterring policy.
According to many organizations, the estimated numbers of nuclear weapons that Israel possesses varies from 80 up to even 200 ready to be launched nuclear weapons. What is more, there are also rumours that Israel managed to prepare special missiles that can be operational from submarines.
Italy
Italy participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.
Military service
Israel
18 years of age for compulsory (Jews, Druzes) military service; 17 years of age for voluntary (Christians, Muslims, Circassians) military service; both sexes are obligated to military service; conscript service obligation - 36 months for enlisted men, 21 months for enlisted women, 48 months for officers; pilots commit to 9 years service; reserve obligation to age 41-51 (men), 24 (women).
Italy
18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; women may serve in any military branch; Italian citizenship required; 1-year service obligation.