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Malaysia vs Syria

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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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Syria is a country located in Middle East with an area of 185,180 km2 (land boundries: 2,363 km and costline 193 km). The capital of Syria is Damascus. The number of inhabitants is 17,500,657.

The SAF's inventory is comprised mostly of Russian and Soviet-era equipment. Russia has supplied nearly all of Syria's imported weapons systems, although China and Iran have also provided military equipment.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 3.6 billion $ 1.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.16% 5%

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: 0 169,000
Reserve personnel: 51,600 0
Available for military: 14,817,517 11,550,000

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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 3,507
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,276 4,639
Total artillery: 250 3,343
Self-propelled artillery: 0 502
Rocket artillery: 54 691

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: 122 470
Fighter aircraft: 0 108
Multirole aircraft: 26 29
Attack aircraft: 12 90
Helicopters: 54 171
UCAV (combat drone): 0 0

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 43
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 3 0
Corvettes: 6 0
Submarines: 2 0

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.

Syria

Does not have nuclear weapons.

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.

Syria

18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation is 18 months; women are not conscripted but may volunteer to serve; re-enlistment obligation 5 years, with retirement after 15 years or age 40 or 20 years or age 45.