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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 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (North Atlantic Alliance) is an intergovernmental military alliance which was signed in Washington on 4 April 1949. NATO is a system of collective security: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by others countries. NATO's main headquarters are located in Brussels. The following twelve states signed the treaty and became the founding members: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom and United States. The following states joined the treaty after 1949: Greece, Germany, Turkey and Spain. Members who joined after the dissolution of the Soviet Union: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia.

Before and during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, several NATO countries sent army to reinforce the alliance's eastern flank. Alliance had deployed 40,000 troops along its 2,500 kilometres long Eastern flank to deter possible Russian aggression. On 5 July the North Atlantic Alliance members signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland and formally approved the decisions of the NATO summit.

Finland joined the alliance on 4 April 2023.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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4.4 billion $
1338.7 billion $

Percent of GDP

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1.16 %
0 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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113,000
3,298,939

Reserve personnel

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51,600
2,728,032

Available for military

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14,817,517
211,574,462

Land Forces

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Tanks

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48
12,541
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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884
86,437
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Total artillery

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232
12,731
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Self-propelled artillery

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0
4,605
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Rocket artillery

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36
1,898

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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118
21,098
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Fighter

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0
863
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Multirole

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26
3,876
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Attack

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12
642
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Helicopters

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50
7,890
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UCAV (combat drone)

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0
964

Navy

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Total naval

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147
2,394
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Aircraft carriers

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0
30
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Destroyers

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0
122
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Frigates

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3
120
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Corvettes

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6
64
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Submarines

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2
148

Nuclear weapons

Malaysia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

NATO

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.

NATO

Data not available