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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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The China-DPRK Treaty on Friendship is a treaty signed on 11 July 1961 between North Korea and China. The treaty obligates China militarily to defend North Korea and vice versa.North Korea enjoys a close relationship with China which is often called North Korea's closest ally. The relations were strained in the last few years because of China's concerns about North Korea's nuclear program. Both countries have nuclear weapons.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 16.6 billion $ 410 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.6% 0%

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 3,355,000
Reserve personnel: 6,532 2,600,000
Available for military: 7,728,129 392,336,380

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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 11,750
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,116 18,130
Total artillery: 75 20,094
Self-propelled artillery: 52 7,220
Rocket artillery: 0 7,140

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 5,590
Fighter aircraft: 0 1,398
Multirole aircraft: 61 1,165
Attack aircraft: 0 308
Helicopters: 82 1,557
UCAV (combat drone): 4 151

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 1,709
Aircraftcarriers: 0 4
Destroyers: 4 38
Frigates: 2 56
Corvettes: 0 81
Submarines: 4 146

Total naval

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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.

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Military service

Netherlands

17 years of age for an all-volunteer force.

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