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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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A hypothetical military alliance between China and Russia. The two countries share a land border and they signed the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation in 2001. A twenty-year strategic treaty extended or another 5 years after its expiration in February 2022. China is the world's most populous country, with a population of more than 1.4 billion people, on the other hand Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering over 17,098,246 square kilometres.

Currently, China focuses on domestic weapon designs and manufacturing, while still importing certain military products from Russia, such as jet engines. In September 2018, Russia hosted the militaries of China and Mongolia as a part of the Vostok 2018 military exercise. Russia and China flew joint bomber patrols over the Pacific. China refused to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Following the implementation of international sanctions during the war, China provided economic relief to Russia.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 32 billion $ 358.9 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.5% 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: 165,500 3,035,000
Reserve personnel: 18,300 4,000,000
Available for military: 13,865,688 420,586,837

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

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Tanks: 200 18,017
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,758 38,302
Total artillery: 197 25,360
Self-propelled artillery: 68 9,163
Rocket artillery: 21 7,471

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: 712 9,048
Fighter aircraft: 92 1,389
Multirole aircraft: 66 1,512
Attack aircraft: 45 809
Helicopters: 423 3,020
UCAV (combat drone): 12 251

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: 200 1,395
Aircraftcarriers: 2 5
Destroyers: 4 52
Frigates: 15 65
Corvettes: 0 153
Submarines: 8 140

Total naval

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

Italy

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

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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.

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