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Italy vs Belarus

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Italy 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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Belarus is a country located in Eastern Europe with an area of 207,595 km2 (land boundries: 3,599 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Belarus is Minsk. The number of inhabitants is 9,349,645.

Belarus has close security ties with Russia. In 2022, Belarus allowed Russian military forces to stage on its territory during its invasion of Ukraine. Russia is the principal supplier of arms to Belarus, and Belarusian troops reportedly train on Russian equipment. The inventory of the Belarus Armed Forces is comprised mostly of Russian andSoviet-origin equipment, and since 2010 Russia is the leading provider of arms. Belarus's defense industry manufactures some equipment (mostly modernized Soviet designs).

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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32.7 billion $
0.9 billion $

Percent of GDP

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1.5 %
1.2 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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165,500
63,000

Reserve personnel

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18,300
344,750

Available for military

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13,865,688
2,500,000

Land Forces

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Tanks

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200
500
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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2,758
1,831
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Total artillery

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197
771
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Self-propelled artillery

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68
375
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Rocket artillery

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21
246

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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712
193
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Fighter

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92
33
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Multirole

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66
4
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Attack

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45
70
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Helicopters

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423
65
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UCAV (combat drone)

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12
0

Navy

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Total naval

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200
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Aircraft carriers

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2
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Destroyers

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4
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Frigates

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15
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Corvettes

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0
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Submarines

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8
0

Nuclear weapons

Italy

Italy participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.

Belarus

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Italy

18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; women may serve in any military branch; Italian citizenship required; 1-year service obligation.

Belarus

18-27 years of age for compulsory military or alternative service; conscript service obligation is 12-18 months, depending on academic qualifications, and 24-36 months for alternative service, depending on academic qualifications; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.