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Malaysia vs Arab League

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Malaysia is a country located in Southeastern Asia with an area of 330,803 km2 (land boundries: 2,742 km and costline 4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607 km)). The capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur. The number of inhabitants is 32,730,000.

Malaysia is a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements, a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 embracing Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Malaysia also cooperates closely with the US military. the Malaysian Armed Forces field a diverse mix of mostly older imported weapons systems.

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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: 3.6 billion $ 121.1 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.16% 0%

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: 0 1,680,550
Reserve personnel: 51,600 1,567,000
Available for military: 14,817,517 68,012,996

Active

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

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Tanks: 48 7,992
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,276 33,885
Total artillery: 250 9,970
Self-propelled artillery: 0 2,372
Rocket artillery: 54 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: 122 3,859
Fighter aircraft: 0 185
Multirole aircraft: 26 603
Attack aircraft: 12 314
Helicopters: 54 1,446
UCAV (combat drone): 0 52

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: 111 493
Aircraftcarriers: 0 2
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 3 25
Corvettes: 6 30
Submarines: 2 8

Total naval

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

Malaysia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Arab League

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Military service

Malaysia

17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service (younger with parental consent and proof of age); mandatory retirement age 60; women serve in the Malaysian Armed Forces; no conscription.

Arab League

Data not available