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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.

Azerbaijan is a country located in Southwestern Asia with an area of 86,600 km2 (land boundries: 2,468 km and costline 0 km (landlocked); note - Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (713 km)). The capital of Azerbaijan is Baku. The number of inhabitants is 10,127,874.

The inventory of the Azerbaijan military is comprised mostly of Russian and Soviet-era weapons systems with a small mix of equipment from other countries, like Israel and Turkey.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 1157.71 billion $ 3 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 5.5%

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: 3,142,889 126,400
Reserve personnel: 2,748,132 330,000
Available for military: 206,903,543 3,000,000

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: 14,125 940
Armoured fighting vehicles: 86,709 2,363
Total artillery: 12,997 909
Self-propelled artillery: 4,359 267
Rocket artillery: 2,485 323

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: 21,104 176
Fighter aircraft: 1,104 5
Multirole aircraft: 3,586 15
Attack aircraft: 728 11
Helicopters: 8,293 97
UCAV (combat drone): 556 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: 1,916 31
Aircraftcarriers: 28 0
Destroyers: 119 0
Frigates: 113 1
Corvettes: 54 0
Submarines: 144 4

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

NATO

Data not available

Azerbaijan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

NATO

Data not available

Azerbaijan

18-35 years of age for cumpulsory military service; service obligation 18 months or 12 months for university graduates; 17 years of age for voluntary service; 17 year olds are considered to be on active service at cadet military schools.