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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.

Netherlands is a country located in Western Europe with an area of 41,543 km2 (land boundries: 1,053 km and costline 451 km). The capital of Netherlands is Amsterdam. The number of inhabitants is 17,469,635.

The Netherlands is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed an agreement to conduct joint air policing of their territories in 2015. They trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries. The inventory of the Netherlands Armed Forces consists of a mix of domestically-produced and modern European and United States equipment. The Netherlands has an advanced domestic defense industry that focuses on armored vehicles, naval ships, and air defense systems

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 1321.7 billion $ 16.6 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 1.6%

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 41,199
Reserve personnel: 2,633,732 6,532
Available for military: 206,903,543 7,728,129

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 18
Armoured fighting vehicles: 81,916 1,116
Total artillery: 12,467 75
Self-propelled artillery: 4,439 52
Rocket artillery: 1,751 0

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: 20,987 183
Fighter aircraft: 903 0
Multirole aircraft: 3,663 61
Attack aircraft: 673 0
Helicopters: 7,945 82
UCAV (combat drone): 965 4

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: 1,990 144
Aircraftcarriers: 30 0
Destroyers: 121 4
Frigates: 111 2
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

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Netherlands

Netherlands participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.

Military service

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Netherlands

17 years of age for an all-volunteer force.