Military power of North Korea & Austria
Country: | North Korea (KP) | Austria (AT) |
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Capital: | Pyongyang | Vienna |
Population: | 25,549,604 | 8,935,112 |
Area: | 120,540 km2 | 83,879 km2 |
More: | North Korea military forces description | Austria military forces description |
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 1.3 billion $ | 3.2 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 4.9% | 0.74% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 1,280,000 | 25,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 600,000 | 150,000 |
Available for military: | 6,515,279 | 1,941,110 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 6,000 | 56 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 4,000 | 215 | |
Total artillery: | 13,000 | 83 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 4,500 | 83 | |
Rocket artillery: | 5,000 | 0 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 906 | 133 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 349 | 15 | |
Multirole aircraf: | 35 | 0 | |
Attack aircraft: | 154 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 202 | 67 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 0 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 525 | 0 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 6 | 0 | |
Corvettes: | 6 | 0 | |
Submarines: | 75 | 0 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
North Korea
Although at the beginning North Korea joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, they withdrew from it on January 2003. It was a consequence of the United States accusation. The USA government claimed that North Korea was unofficially funding a program of uranium enrichment. Because of that, they cancelled the 1994 Agreed Framework treaty and cut off the energy assistance. Two years after withdrawing, the officials from North Korea claimed that they own operational nuclear arsenal. In spite of North Koreans assurances, the United States did not believe that North Korea really posses such weapons. As a result, the government of North Korea decided to conduct tests.
There were three tests that North Korea initially conducted. The first one, with the yield of less than a kiloton, took place in 2006. However, to show that this was in fact a nuclear detonation, North Koreans conducted second and third tests, respectable in 2009 and 2013. The maximum power of the blast of the aforementioned tests can be estimated to be up to 40 kilotons. However, a lot of sources claim that yield did not surpass 10-15 kilotons. Noteworthy is also the fact that in 2016, North Korea announced that they have conducted their first hydrogen-bomb test.
Austria
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Military service
North Korea
18 is presumed to be the legal minimum age for compulsory military service; 16-17 is the presumed legal minimum age for voluntary service.
Austria
Registration requirement at age 17, the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; 18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory military service (6 months), or optionally, alternative civil/community service (9 months); males 18 to 50 years old in the militia or inactive reserve are subject to compulsory service; in a January 2012 referendum, a majority of Austrians voted in favor of retaining the system of compulsory military service (with the option of alternative/non-military service) instead of switching to a professional army system.