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Italy vs European Union EU

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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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The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union countries that are located in Europe with an area of 4,233,255 km2 The capital of Ukraine is Brussels. The number of inhabitants estimated is about 447 million. Members of EU: Germany, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

The European Union were not devised as a military alliance because most of the members are in the North Atlantic Alliance. Since the withdrawal of the UK, France is the only member recognised as a nuclear weapon state. Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium participate in NATO nuclear sharing.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 32 billion $ 245.11 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 1,166,519
Reserve personnel: 18,300 1,801,532
Available for military: 13,865,688 92,594,951

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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 4,253
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,758 29,418
Total artillery: 197 6,065
Self-propelled artillery: 68 1,872
Rocket artillery: 21 667

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 5,420
Fighter aircraft: 92 453
Multirole aircraft: 66 874
Attack aircraft: 45 162
Helicopters: 423 2,454
UCAV (combat drone): 12 41

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 200 1,306
Aircraftcarriers: 2 7
Destroyers: 4 19
Frigates: 15 69
Corvettes: 0 23
Submarines: 8 48

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.

European Union EU

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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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