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Latvia vs Italy

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Latvia is a country located in Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania, with an area of 64,589 km2 (land boundries: 1,370 km and costline 498 km). The capital of Latvia is Riga. The number of inhabitants is 1,842,226.

Republic of Latvia joined NATO end European Union in 2004. The Latvian military has participated in NATO and EU missions abroad and regularly conducts training and exercises. Latvia hosts NATO partner forces. North Atlantic Alliance has provided air protection for Latvia since 2004 through its Baltics Air Policing mission. Latvia is a member of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, a pool of high-readiness military forces from 10 Baltic and Scandinavian countries. The Latvian military's inventory consists of a mix of European and US equipment

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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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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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1.9 billion $
32.7 billion $

Percent of GDP

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3.45 %
1.5 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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17,345
165,500

Reserve personnel

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38,000
18,300

Available for military

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530,000
13,865,688

Land Forces

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Tanks

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0
200
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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405
3,792
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Total artillery

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47
193
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Self-propelled artillery

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47
64
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Rocket artillery

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0
21

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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0
675
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Fighter

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0
93
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Multirole

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0
83
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Attack

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0
14
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Helicopters

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3
406
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UCAV (combat drone)

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0
5

Navy

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Total naval

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18
200
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Aircraft carriers

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0
2
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Destroyers

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0
3
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Frigates

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0
15
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Corvettes

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0
0
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Submarines

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0
8

Nuclear weapons

Latvia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Italy

Italy participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.

Military service

Latvia

18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 12 months mandatory military service for men 18-27 years of age

Italy

18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; women may serve in any military branch; Italian citizenship required; 1-year service obligation.