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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.

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, 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: 1154.41 billion $ 338.41 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: 3,119,089 1,760,589
Reserve personnel: 1,848,132 1,048,632
Available for military: 205,748,175 132,478,132

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: 13,886 7,274
Armoured fighting vehicles: 84,689 43,452
Total artillery: 12,176 7,933
Self-propelled artillery: 4,262 2,764
Rocket artillery: 2,423 1,057

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: 20,946 8,016
Fighter aircraft: 1,104 643
Multirole aircraft: 3,531 1,114
Attack aircraft: 728 162
Helicopters: 8,266 3,525
UCAV (combat drone): 556 222

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: 1,746 1,286
Aircraftcarriers: 28 8
Destroyers: 119 25
Frigates: 113 113
Corvettes: 52 30
Submarines: 144 75

Total naval

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

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