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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 China-DPRK Treaty on Friendship is a treaty signed on 11 July 1961 between North Korea and China. The treaty obligates China militarily to defend North Korea and vice versa.North Korea enjoys a close relationship with China which is often called North Korea's closest ally. The relations were strained in the last few years because of China's concerns about North Korea's nuclear program. Both countries have nuclear weapons.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 1157.71 billion $ 294.6 billion $
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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 3,315,000
Reserve personnel: 2,748,132 2,600,000
Available for military: 206,903,543 392,336,380

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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 11,750
Armoured fighting vehicles: 86,709 18,130
Total artillery: 12,997 20,094
Self-propelled artillery: 4,359 7,220
Rocket artillery: 2,485 7,140

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 5,590
Fighter aircraft: 1,104 1,398
Multirole aircraft: 3,586 1,165
Attack aircraft: 728 308
Helicopters: 8,293 1,557
UCAV (combat drone): 556 151

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 1,709
Aircraftcarriers: 28 4
Destroyers: 119 38
Frigates: 113 56
Corvettes: 54 81
Submarines: 144 146

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

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