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Netherlands vs Egypt

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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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Egypt is a country located in Northern Africa with an area of 1,010,407 km2 (land boundries: 2,612 km and costline 2,450 km). The capital of Egypt is Cairo. The number of inhabitants is 101,576,517.

Egypt has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US. The EAF's inventory is comprised of a mix of domestically produced, imported Soviet-era, and more modern, particularly Western, weapons systems. The leading suppliers of military hardware to Egypt are France, Russia, and the United States.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 16.6 billion $ 6 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: 41,199 438,500
Reserve personnel: 6,532 479,000
Available for military: 7,728,129 41,157,220

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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 3,789
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,116 8,699
Total artillery: 75 4,328
Self-propelled artillery: 52 889
Rocket artillery: 0 1,250

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 1,103
Fighter aircraft: 0 44
Multirole aircraft: 61 278
Attack aircraft: 0 121
Helicopters: 82 310
UCAV (combat drone): 4 32

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: 144 193
Aircraftcarriers: 0 2
Destroyers: 4 0
Frigates: 2 14
Corvettes: 0 7
Submarines: 4 8

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.

Egypt

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Netherlands

17 years of age for an all-volunteer force.

Egypt

18-30 years of age for male conscript military service; service obligation - 18-36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation; voluntary enlistment possible from age 16.