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NATO without USA vs Brazil

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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.

Brazil is a country located in Eastern South America with an area of 8,515,767 km² (land boundries: 16,145 km and costline 7,491 km). The capital of Brazil is Brasília. The number of inhabitants is 210,147,125.

Brazil has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the United States. MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, but it does not entail any security obligations. The Brazilian military's inventory consists of a mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons, largely from Europe and the US. Brazil's defense industry is capable of designing and manufacturing equipment for all three military services

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Military expenditures

Military budget

422.7 billion $

25 billion $

Percent of GDP

0 %

1.1 %

Manpower

Active personnel

1,940,439

334,500

Reserve personnel

1,928,532

1,340,000

Available for military

138,304,419

53,350,703

Land Forces

Tanks

6,823

469

Armoured fighting vehicles

46,271

1,696

Total artillery

9,733

760

Self-propelled artillery

2,974

136

Rocket artillery

1,054

78

Air Forces

Total aircraft

8,090

473

Fighter

527

45

Multirole

1,359

3

Attack

111

77

Helicopters

3,049

182

UCAV (combat drone)

514

0

Navy

Total naval

1,798

216

Aircraft carriers

10

1

Destroyers

23

0

Frigates

120

6

Corvettes

38

2

Submarines

80

7

Nuclear weapons

NATO without USA

Data not available

Brazil

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

NATO without USA

Data not available

Brazil

18-45 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 10-12 months; 17-45 years of age for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer professionals; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps.