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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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Australia is a country located in Oceania with an area of 7,692,024 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 25,760 km). The capital of Australia is Canberra. The number of inhabitants is 25,807,800.

Australia has been part of the Australia, New Zealand, and US Security (ANZUS) Treaty. In 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced an enhanced trilateral security partnership called “AUKUS” which would build on existing bilateral ties. The Australian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and imported Western weapons systems. USA is the largest supplier of arms. The Australian defense industry produces a variety of land and sea weapons platforms.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 2.6 billion $ 33 billion $
Percent of GDP: 6.5% 2%

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: 100,500 60,330
Reserve personnel: 65,000 29,740
Available for military: 3,285,575 5,316,464

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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 59
Armoured fighting vehicles: 3,653 1,796
Total artillery: 633 235
Self-propelled artillery: 461 0
Rocket artillery: 88 0

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: 255 433
Fighter aircraft: 0 0
Multirole aircraft: 44 133
Attack aircraft: 4 0
Helicopters: 140 130
UCAV (combat drone): 0 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: 27 45
Aircraftcarriers: 0 2
Destroyers: 0 3
Frigates: 0 8
Corvettes: 0 0
Submarines: 0 6

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

Jordan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Australia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

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.

Australia

17 years of age for voluntary military service (with parental consent); no conscription; women allowed to serve in most combat roles, except the Army special forces.