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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 Union State of Russia and Belarus is a supranational organisation consisting of Russia and Belarus. The present goal of the Union State mainly focuses on economic, defense integration and intelligence apparatuses. Russia and Belarus in 2009 implemented the first stage of joint military officer training programs designed to integrate the military structures of the countries. This military collective is called the Regional Forces Group of Belarus and Russia.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 1321.7 billion $ 87.3 billion $
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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 1,063,000
Reserve personnel: 2,633,732 2,344,750
Available for military: 206,903,543 37,265,736

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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 12,919
Armoured fighting vehicles: 81,916 26,043
Total artillery: 12,467 19,307
Self-propelled artillery: 4,439 6,883
Rocket artillery: 1,751 4,702

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 4,617
Fighter aircraft: 903 374
Multirole aircraft: 3,663 386
Attack aircraft: 673 756
Helicopters: 7,945 1,733
UCAV (combat drone): 965 100

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: 1,990 653
Aircraftcarriers: 30 1
Destroyers: 121 14
Frigates: 111 11
Corvettes: 54 80
Submarines: 144 66

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

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Military service

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