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Nordic Defence Cooperation vs European Union EU

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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.

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: 18.2 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: 70,650 1,166,519
Reserve personnel: 971,300 1,801,532
Available for military: 4,299,331 92,594,951

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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 4,253
Armoured fighting vehicles: 4,644 29,418
Total artillery: 1,133 6,065
Self-propelled artillery: 180 1,872
Rocket artillery: 71 667

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: 469 5,420
Fighter aircraft: 0 453
Multirole aircraft: 174 874
Attack aircraft: 0 162
Helicopters: 118 2,454
UCAV (combat drone): 0 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: 397 1,306
Aircraftcarriers: 0 7
Destroyers: 0 19
Frigates: 4 69
Corvettes: 15 23
Submarines: 11 48

Total naval

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

Nordic Defence Cooperation

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Military service

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European Union EU

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