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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.

The Axis of Resistance is informal military alliance between Iran, Palestine, Syria and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. They are unified by their goal of opposing NATO, Israeli and Saudi Arabian activities in the region.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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1338.7 billion $
11.8 billion $

Percent of GDP

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0 %
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Manpower

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Active personnel

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3,298,939
756,000

Reserve personnel

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2,728,032
200,000

Available for military

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211,574,462
35,169,215

Land Forces

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Tanks

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12,541
2,929
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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86,437
4,604
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Total artillery

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12,731
5,845
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Self-propelled artillery

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4,605
922
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Rocket artillery

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1,898
2,204

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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21,098
1,372
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Fighter

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863
179
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Multirole

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3,876
92
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Attack

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642
54
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Helicopters

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7,890
516
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UCAV (combat drone)

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964
328

Navy

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Total naval

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2,394
316
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Aircraft carriers

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30
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Destroyers

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122
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Frigates

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120
7
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Corvettes

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64
3
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Submarines

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148
25

Nuclear weapons

NATO

Data not available

Axis of Resistance

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Military service

NATO

Data not available

Axis of Resistance

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