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Jordan is a country located in Middle East with an area of 89,341 km2 (land boundries: 1,744 km and costline 26 km). The capital of Jordan is Amman. The number of inhabitants is 10,658,123.

Jordan has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the United States. Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994. The JAF inventory is comprised of a wide mix of imported equipment from Europe, Russia, and the USA.

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The Arab League (League of Arab States) is a regional organization in the Arab world. the League has 22 members, but Syria's participation has been suspended since November 2011. Current members: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The Joint Defence Council of the Arab League is one of the Institutions of the Arab League. The Arab League as an organisation has no military Force but they establish a peacekeeping force.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 2.6 billion $ 124 billion $
Percent of GDP: 6.5% 0%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 100,500 1,428,550
Reserve personnel: 65,000 1,617,000
Available for military: 3,285,575 68,012,996

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

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Tanks: 1,588 7,992
Armoured fighting vehicles: 3,653 33,885
Total artillery: 633 9,970
Self-propelled artillery: 461 2,372
Rocket artillery: 88 2,169

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: 255 3,859
Fighter aircraft: 0 185
Multirole aircraft: 44 603
Attack aircraft: 4 314
Helicopters: 140 1,446
UCAV (combat drone): 0 52

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 27 493
Aircraftcarriers: 0 2
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 0 25
Corvettes: 0 30
Submarines: 0 8

Total naval

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

Jordan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Arab League

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Military service

Jordan

17 years of age for voluntary male military service; initial service term 2 years, with option to reenlist for 18 years; conscription at age 18 suspended in 1999; women are not conscripted, but can volunteer to serve in noncombat military positions in the Royal Jordanian Arab Army Women's Corps and RJAF.

Arab League

Data not available