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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 Agreement on Strategic Partnership and Mutual Support between Azerbaijan and Turkey for strategic partnership. The pact was signed on 16 August 2010 and will expire 16 August 2030. Under the terms of the treaty, Turkey and Azerbaijan will support each other in the case of a military attack or aggression against either of the countries.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 1157.71 billion $ 18.5 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: 3,142,889 551,400
Reserve personnel: 2,748,132 530,000
Available for military: 206,903,543 24,079,077

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: 14,125 3,957
Armoured fighting vehicles: 86,709 13,813
Total artillery: 12,997 3,430
Self-propelled artillery: 4,359 1,210
Rocket artillery: 2,485 722

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 1,749
Fighter aircraft: 1,104 53
Multirole aircraft: 3,586 260
Attack aircraft: 728 11
Helicopters: 8,293 773
UCAV (combat drone): 556 172

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: 1,916 185
Aircraftcarriers: 28 0
Destroyers: 119 0
Frigates: 113 17
Corvettes: 54 10
Submarines: 144 16

Total naval

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

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