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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.

Spain is a country located in Southwestern Europe with an area of 505,990 km2 (land boundries: 1,952.7 km and costline 4,964 km). The capital of Spain is Madrid. The number of inhabitants is 47,450,795.

Spain joined NATO in 1982. The inventory of the Spanish military is comprised of domestically-produced and imported Western weapons systems. Spain's defense industry manufactures land, air, and sea weapons systems and is integrated within the European defense-industrial sector.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 97.8 billion $ 19.5 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 1.4%

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: 611,550 133,282
Reserve personnel: 470,000 15,150
Available for military: 11,870,201 11,759,557

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

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Tanks: 1,767 327
Armoured fighting vehicles: 16,249 2,361
Total artillery: 3,040 242
Self-propelled artillery: 739 102
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: 2,122 570
Fighter aircraft: 141 68
Multirole aircraft: 255 84
Attack aircraft: 157 13
Helicopters: 793 152
UCAV (combat drone): 6 4

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: 205 60
Aircraftcarriers: 0 1
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 11 11
Corvettes: 21 0
Submarines: 0 2

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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Spain

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Spain

18-26 years of age for voluntary military service by a Spanish citizen or legal immigrant, 2-3 year obligation; women allowed to serve in all SAF branches, including combat units; no conscription, but Spanish Government retains right to mobilize citizens 19-25 years of age in a national emergency; mandatory retirement of non-NCO enlisted personnel at age 45 or 58, depending on service length.