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Netherlands vs Belarus

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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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Belarus is a country located in Eastern Europe with an area of 207,595 km2 (land boundries: 3,599 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Belarus is Minsk. The number of inhabitants is 9,349,645.

Belarus has close security ties with Russia. In 2022, Belarus allowed Russian military forces to stage on its territory during its invasion of Ukraine. Russia is the principal supplier of arms to Belarus, and Belarusian troops reportedly train on Russian equipment. The inventory of the Belarus Armed Forces is comprised mostly of Russian andSoviet-origin equipment, and since 2010 Russia is the leading provider of arms. Belarus's defense industry manufactures some equipment (mostly modernized Soviet designs).

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 16.6 billion $ 0.9 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.6% 1.2%

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: 41,199 63,000
Reserve personnel: 6,532 344,750
Available for military: 7,728,129 2,500,000

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: 18 652
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,116 1,871
Total artillery: 75 1,041
Self-propelled artillery: 52 440
Rocket artillery: 0 371

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: 183 199
Fighter aircraft: 0 34
Multirole aircraft: 61 4
Attack aircraft: 0 67
Helicopters: 82 68
UCAV (combat drone): 4 0

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: 144 0
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 4 0
Frigates: 2 0
Corvettes: 0 0
Submarines: 4 0

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

Netherlands

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

Belarus

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Netherlands

17 years of age for an all-volunteer force.

Belarus

18-27 years of age for compulsory military or alternative service; conscript service obligation is 12-18 months, depending on academic qualifications, and 24-36 months for alternative service, depending on academic qualifications; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.