Military power of Jordan & Taiwan
Country: | Jordan (JO) | Taiwan (TW) |
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Capital: | Amman | Taipei |
Population: | 10,658,123 | 23,568,378 |
Area: | 89,341 km2 | 36,193 km2 |
More: | Jordan military forces description | Taiwan military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 2.5 billion $ | 13 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 7% | 2.3% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 100,500 | 290,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 65,000 | 2,800,000 |
Available for military: | 3,285,575 | 5,883,828 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 1,321 | 1,160 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 3,149 | 1,714 | |
Total artillery: | 621 | 1,944 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 461 | 440 | |
Rocket artillery: | 88 | 126 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 260 | 814 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 0 | 129 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 46 | 189 | |
Attack aircraft: | 8 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 126 | 237 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 0 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 27 | 96 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 4 | |
Frigates: | 0 | 22 | |
Corvettes: | 0 | 1 | |
Submarines: | 0 | 4 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Jordan
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Taiwan
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.
Taiwan
Males 18-36 years of age may volunteer for military service or must complete 4 months of compulsory military training (or substitute civil service in some cases); women may enlist; women in Air Force service are restricted to noncombat roles; for men born before December 1993, compulsory service (military or civil) is 1 year; for 8 years after discharge, men are subject to training recall four times for periods not to exceed 20 days.