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Italy vs Syria

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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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Syria is a country located in Middle East with an area of 185,180 km2 (land boundries: 2,363 km and costline 193 km). The capital of Syria is Damascus. The number of inhabitants is 17,500,657.

The SAF's inventory is comprised mostly of Russian and Soviet-era equipment. Russia has supplied nearly all of Syria's imported weapons systems, although China and Iran have also provided military equipment.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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32.7 billion $
1.8 billion $

Percent of GDP

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1.5 %
5 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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165,500
169,000

Reserve personnel

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18,300
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Available for military

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13,865,688
11,550,000

Land Forces

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Tanks

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200
3,507
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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3,792
4,639
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Total artillery

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193
3,343
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Self-propelled artillery

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64
502
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Rocket artillery

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21
691

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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675
470
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Fighter

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93
108
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Multirole

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83
29
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Attack

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14
90
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Helicopters

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406
171
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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
43
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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
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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.

Syria

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.

Syria

18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation is 18 months; women are not conscripted but may volunteer to serve; re-enlistment obligation 5 years, with retirement after 15 years or age 40 or 20 years or age 45.