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Peninsula Shield Force vs Azerbaijan

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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.

Azerbaijan is a country located in Southwestern Asia with an area of 86,600 km2 (land boundries: 2,468 km and costline 0 km (landlocked); note - Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (713 km)). The capital of Azerbaijan is Baku. The number of inhabitants is 10,127,874.

The inventory of the Azerbaijan military is comprised mostly of Russian and Soviet-era weapons systems with a small mix of equipment from other countries, like Israel and Turkey.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 105.4 billion $ 3.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 5.5%

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: 696,550 126,400
Reserve personnel: 520,000 330,000
Available for military: 11,870,201 3,000,000

Active

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

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Tanks: 1,767 940
Armoured fighting vehicles: 16,249 2,363
Total artillery: 3,040 909
Self-propelled artillery: 739 267
Rocket artillery: 407 323

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: 2,122 176
Fighter aircraft: 141 5
Multirole aircraft: 255 15
Attack aircraft: 157 11
Helicopters: 793 97
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 31
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 11 1
Corvettes: 21 0
Submarines: 0 4

Total naval

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

Peninsula Shield Force

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Azerbaijan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Peninsula Shield Force

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Azerbaijan

18-35 years of age for cumpulsory military service; service obligation 18 months or 12 months for university graduates; 17 years of age for voluntary service; 17 year olds are considered to be on active service at cadet military schools.