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Military power of North Korea & NATO without USA

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North Korea is a country located in Eastern Asia with an area of 120,540 km² (land boundries: 1,607 km and costline 2,495 km). The capital of North Korea is Pyongyang. The number of inhabitants is 25,549,604.

The KPA is equipped with older weapon systems originally acquired from the former Soviet Union, Russia, and China, as well as some domestically-produced equipment. The North Korea produces a diverse array of military hardware like light armored vehicles, tanks, naval vessels and submarines, and advanced weapons systems, such as ballistic missiles. North Korea developing also nuclear weapons.

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Military expenditures

Military budget

2 billion $

422.7 billion $

Percent of GDP

5 %

0 %

Manpower

Active personnel

1,320,000

1,940,439

Reserve personnel

600,000

1,928,532

Available for military

6,515,279

138,304,419

Land Forces

Tanks

5,144

6,823

Armoured fighting vehicles

4,000

46,271

Total artillery

13,000

9,733

Self-propelled artillery

4,000

2,974

Rocket artillery

4,000

1,054

Air Forces

Total aircraft

965

8,090

Fighter

349

527

Multirole

35

1,359

Attack

192

111

Helicopters

205

3,049

UCAV (combat drone)

0

514

Navy

Total naval

723

1,798

Aircraft carriers

0

10

Destroyers

0

23

Frigates

2

120

Corvettes

9

38

Submarines

98

80

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.

NATO without USA

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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.

NATO without USA

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