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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.

An artificial alliance showing what NATO would look like without the United States of America which accounting for three quarters of North Atlantic Alliance defence spending. The supported countries included in this alliance: Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, Greece, Germany, Turkey, Spain, Hungary, Poland and Romania.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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1338.7 billion $
422.7 billion $

Percent of GDP

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Manpower

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Active personnel

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3,298,939
1,940,439

Reserve personnel

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2,728,032
1,928,532

Available for military

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211,574,462
138,304,419

Land Forces

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Tanks

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12,475
6,823
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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84,910
46,271
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Total artillery

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12,894
9,733
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Self-propelled artillery

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4,495
2,974
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Rocket artillery

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1,759
1,054

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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21,265
8,090
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Fighter

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904
527
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Multirole

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3,843
1,359
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Attack

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642
111
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Helicopters

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7,977
3,049
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UCAV (combat drone)

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958
514

Navy

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Total naval

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2,264
1,798
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Aircraft carriers

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30
10
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Destroyers

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122
23
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Frigates

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120
120
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Corvettes

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64
38
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Submarines

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150
80

Nuclear weapons

NATO

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NATO without USA

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Military service

NATO

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NATO without USA

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