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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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A hypothetical military alliance between China and Russia. The two countries share a land border and they signed the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation in 2001. A twenty-year strategic treaty extended or another 5 years after its expiration in February 2022. China is the world's most populous country, with a population of more than 1.4 billion people, on the other hand Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering over 17,098,246 square kilometres.

Currently, China focuses on domestic weapon designs and manufacturing, while still importing certain military products from Russia, such as jet engines. In September 2018, Russia hosted the militaries of China and Mongolia as a part of the Vostok 2018 military exercise. Russia and China flew joint bomber patrols over the Pacific. China refused to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Following the implementation of international sanctions during the war, China provided economic relief to Russia.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 4.4 billion $ 494.4 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.16% 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: 113,000 3,035,000
Reserve personnel: 51,600 4,000,000
Available for military: 14,817,517 420,586,837

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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 18,017
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,276 38,302
Total artillery: 250 25,360
Self-propelled artillery: 0 9,163
Rocket artillery: 54 7,471

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 9,048
Fighter aircraft: 0 1,389
Multirole aircraft: 26 1,512
Attack aircraft: 12 809
Helicopters: 54 3,020
UCAV (combat drone): 0 251

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: 111 1,395
Aircraftcarriers: 0 5
Destroyers: 0 52
Frigates: 3 65
Corvettes: 6 153
Submarines: 2 140

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.

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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.

China and Russia

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