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Malaysia vs European Union EU

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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 European Union (EU) is a political and economic union countries that are located in Europe with an area of 4,233,255 km2 The capital of Ukraine is Brussels. The number of inhabitants estimated is about 447 million. Members of EU: Germany, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

The European Union were not devised as a military alliance because most of the members are in the North Atlantic Alliance. Since the withdrawal of the UK, France is the only member recognised as a nuclear weapon state. Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium participate in NATO nuclear sharing.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 3.6 billion $ 245.11 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 1,166,519
Reserve personnel: 51,600 1,801,532
Available for military: 14,817,517 92,594,951

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 4,253
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,276 29,418
Total artillery: 250 6,065
Self-propelled artillery: 0 1,872
Rocket artillery: 54 667

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 5,420
Fighter aircraft: 0 453
Multirole aircraft: 26 874
Attack aircraft: 12 162
Helicopters: 54 2,454
UCAV (combat drone): 0 41

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 1,306
Aircraftcarriers: 0 7
Destroyers: 0 19
Frigates: 3 69
Corvettes: 6 23
Submarines: 2 48

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.

European Union EU

Data not available

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.

European Union EU

Data not available