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Peninsula Shield Force Australia

The Peninsula Shield Force is the military arm of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Members of PSF: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. As of March 2011, the Peninsula Shield Force was commanded by Saudi Major General Mutlaq bin Salem Al-Azima and has about 40 thousand troops.

Australia is a country located in Oceania with an area of 7,692,024 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 25,760 km). The capital of Australia is Canberra. The number of inhabitants is 25,807,800.

Australia has been part of the Australia, New Zealand, and US Security (ANZUS) Treaty. In 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced an enhanced trilateral security partnership called “AUKUS” which would build on existing bilateral ties. The Australian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and imported Western weapons systems. USA is the largest supplier of arms. The Australian defense industry produces a variety of land and sea weapons platforms.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 105.4 billion $ 34.4 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 2%

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: 696,550 60,330
Reserve personnel: 520,000 29,740
Available for military: 11,870,201 5,316,464

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

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Tanks: 1,767 59
Armoured fighting vehicles: 16,249 1,796
Total artillery: 3,040 235
Self-propelled artillery: 739 0
Rocket artillery: 407 0

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: 2,122 433
Fighter aircraft: 141 0
Multirole aircraft: 255 133
Attack aircraft: 157 0
Helicopters: 793 130
UCAV (combat drone): 6 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: 205 45
Aircraftcarriers: 0 2
Destroyers: 0 3
Frigates: 11 8
Corvettes: 21 0
Submarines: 0 6

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

Peninsula Shield Force

Data not available

Australia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Peninsula Shield Force

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Australia

17 years of age for voluntary military service (with parental consent); no conscription; women allowed to serve in most combat roles, except the Army special forces.