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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.

Greece is a country located in Southern Europe with an area of 131,990 km2 (land boundries: 1,110 km and costline 13,676 km). The capital of Greece is Athens. The number of inhabitants is 10,718,565.

Greece joined NATO in 1952. The inventory of the Hellenic Armed Forces consists mostly of a mix of imported weapons from Europe and the USA. Germany is the leading supplier of weapons systems. Greece entered into a security agreement with France in 2021 that included the sale of frigates and fighter aircraft to augment its aging weapons systems. Greece's defense industry also is capable of producing a range of military hardware

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 1321.7 billion $ 9 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 3.7%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 3,254,339 107,600
Reserve personnel: 2,633,732 221,600
Available for military: 206,903,543 2,535,174

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: 12,328 1,365
Armoured fighting vehicles: 81,916 4,126
Total artillery: 12,467 1,469
Self-propelled artillery: 4,439 588
Rocket artillery: 1,751 152

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: 20,987 855
Fighter aircraft: 903 35
Multirole aircraft: 3,663 202
Attack aircraft: 673 0
Helicopters: 7,945 427
UCAV (combat drone): 965 3

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 1,990 236
Aircraftcarriers: 30 0
Destroyers: 121 0
Frigates: 111 13
Corvettes: 54 0
Submarines: 144 11

Total naval

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

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Data not available

Greece

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

NATO

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Greece

19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 18 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation is 1 year for the Army and 9 months for the Air Force and Navy; women are eligible for voluntary military service.