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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.

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union countries that are located in Europe with an area of 4,233,255 km2 The capital of Ukraine is Brussels. The number of inhabitants estimated is about 447 million. Members of EU: Germany, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

The European Union were not devised as a military alliance because most of the members are in the North Atlantic Alliance. Since the withdrawal of the UK, France is the only member recognised as a nuclear weapon state. Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium participate in NATO nuclear sharing.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 341.71 billion $ 245.11 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 0%

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: 1,784,389 1,166,519
Reserve personnel: 1,948,632 1,801,532
Available for military: 133,633,500 92,594,951

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: 7,513 4,253
Armoured fighting vehicles: 45,472 29,418
Total artillery: 8,754 6,065
Self-propelled artillery: 2,861 1,872
Rocket artillery: 1,119 667

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: 8,174 5,420
Fighter aircraft: 643 453
Multirole aircraft: 1,169 874
Attack aircraft: 162 162
Helicopters: 3,552 2,454
UCAV (combat drone): 222 41

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: 1,456 1,306
Aircraftcarriers: 8 7
Destroyers: 25 19
Frigates: 113 69
Corvettes: 32 23
Submarines: 75 48

Total naval

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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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