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Italy vs Denmark

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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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Denmark is a country located in Northern Europe with an area of 43,094 km2 (land boundries: 141 km and costline 7,314 km). The capital of Denmark is Copenhagen. The number of inhabitants is 5,982,117.

Denmark joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973. Military inventory is comprised of modern European, US, and domestically produced weapons and equipment. The Danish defense industry is active in the production of naval vessels, defense electronics, and subcomponents of larger weapons systems, such as the US F-35 fighter aircraft; the major warships of the Royal Danish Navy were all produced domestically.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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32.7 billion $
5 billion $

Percent of GDP

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1.5 %
1.4 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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165,500
21,000

Reserve personnel

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18,300
63,000

Available for military

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13,865,688
2,605,137

Land Forces

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Tanks

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200
44
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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3,792
621
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Total artillery

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193
27
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Self-propelled artillery

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64
19
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Rocket artillery

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21
8

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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675
133
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Fighter

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93
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Multirole

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83
48
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Attack

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14
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Helicopters

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406
34
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UCAV (combat drone)

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5
0

Navy

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Total naval

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200
79
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Aircraft carriers

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2
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Destroyers

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3
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Frigates

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15
9
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Corvettes

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0
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.

Denmark

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.

Denmark

18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months depending on specialization; former conscripts are assigned to mobilization units; women eligible to volunteer for military service; in addition to full time employment, the Danish military offers reserve contracts in all three branches