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The Nordic Defence Cooperation (Nordefco) is a collaboration among the Nordic countries in the area of defense. Its five members are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The organization was established on November 4, 2009 in Helsinki. The leadership of the organization is rotational.

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

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Military budget: 26 billion $ 25 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 1.1%

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: 70,850 334,500
Reserve personnel: 941,300 1,340,000
Available for military: 4,299,331 53,350,703

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 412 469
Armoured fighting vehicles: 4,644 1,696
Total artillery: 1,133 760
Self-propelled artillery: 180 136
Rocket artillery: 71 78

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: 469 473
Fighter aircraft: 0 45
Multirole aircraft: 174 3
Attack aircraft: 0 77
Helicopters: 118 182
UCAV (combat drone): 0 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: 397 216
Aircraftcarriers: 0 1
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 4 6
Corvettes: 15 2
Submarines: 11 7

Total naval

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

Nordic Defence Cooperation

Data not available

Brazil

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Nordic Defence Cooperation

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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.