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Philippines is a country located in Southeastern Asia with an area of 300,000 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 36,289 km). The capital of Philippines is Manila. The number of inhabitants is 106,651,394.

The Philippines has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is equipped with a mix of imported weapons systems, particularly second-hand equipment from the USA.

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The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union countries that are located in Europe with an area of 4,233,255 km2 The capital of Ukraine is Brussels. The number of inhabitants estimated is about 447 million. Members of EU: Germany, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

The European Union were not devised as a military alliance because most of the members are in the North Atlantic Alliance. Since the withdrawal of the UK, France is the only member recognised as a nuclear weapon state. Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium participate in NATO nuclear sharing.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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5 billion $
300.8 billion $

Percent of GDP

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1 %
0 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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143,100
1,298,969

Reserve personnel

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70,000
1,750,132

Available for military

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25,614,135
95,200,088

Land Forces

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Tanks

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18
4,278
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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567
30,594
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Total artillery

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325
6,219
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Self-propelled artillery

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0
1,864
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Rocket artillery

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0
682

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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229
5,392
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Fighter

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12
416
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Multirole

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0
946
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Attack

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13
111
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Helicopters

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111
2,330
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UCAV (combat drone)

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0
61

Navy

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Total naval

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196
1,385
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Aircraft carriers

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0
7
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Destroyers

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0
17
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Frigates

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2
78
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Corvettes

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3
23
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Submarines

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0
48

Nuclear weapons

Philippines

Does not have nuclear weapons.

European Union EU

Data not available

Military service

Philippines

17-23 years of age (officers 20-24) for voluntary military service; no conscription; applicants must be single male or female Philippine citizens with either 72 college credit hours (enlisted) or a baccalaureate degree (officers).

European Union EU

Data not available