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Italy vs Nordic Defence Cooperation

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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 Nordic Defence Cooperation (Nordefco) is a collaboration among the Nordic countries in the area of defense. Its five members are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The organization was established on November 4, 2009 in Helsinki. The leadership of the organization is rotational.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 32 billion $ 18.2 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 70,650
Reserve personnel: 18,300 971,300
Available for military: 13,865,688 4,299,331

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

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Tanks: 200 412
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,758 4,644
Total artillery: 197 1,133
Self-propelled artillery: 68 180
Rocket artillery: 21 71

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: 712 469
Fighter aircraft: 92 0
Multirole aircraft: 66 174
Attack aircraft: 45 0
Helicopters: 423 118
UCAV (combat drone): 12 0

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: 200 397
Aircraftcarriers: 2 0
Destroyers: 4 0
Frigates: 15 4
Corvettes: 0 15
Submarines: 8 11

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.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

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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.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

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