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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.

Switzerland is a country located in Central Europe with an area of 41,285 km2 (land boundries: 1,770 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Switzerland is Bern. The number of inhabitants is 8,570,146.

Switzerland has long maintained a policy of military neutrality, but does periodically participate in EU, NATO, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Swiss law excludes participation in combat operations for peace enforcement, and Swiss units will only participate in operations under the mandate of the UN or OSCE. The Swiss Armed Forces inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons systems. The United States is the leading supplier of military armaments.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 105.4 billion $ 6.3 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 0.7%

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: 696,550 140,000
Reserve personnel: 520,000 80,000
Available for military: 11,870,201 1,852,580

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

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Tanks: 1,767 224
Armoured fighting vehicles: 16,249 1,808
Total artillery: 3,040 176
Self-propelled artillery: 739 176
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: 2,122 178
Fighter aircraft: 141 27
Multirole aircraft: 255 25
Attack aircraft: 157 0
Helicopters: 793 57
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 0
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 11 0
Corvettes: 21 0
Submarines: 0 0

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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Switzerland

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Switzerland

19-26 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; every Swiss male has to serve at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years.