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Philippines vs Iran

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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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Iran is a country located in Middle East with an area of 1,648,195 km2 (land boundries: 5,894 km and costline 2,440 km - note: Iran also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km)). The capital of Iran is Tehran. The number of inhabitants is 83,183,741.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was formed in May 1979. The IRGC was a highly institutionalized and parallel military force to Iran’s regular armed forces. The Iranian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and mostly older foreign equipment largely of Chinese, Russian, Soviet, and US origin. Iran has a defense industry with the capacity to develop, produce, support, and sustain air, land, missile, and naval weapons programs.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 5 billion $ 10 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1% 2.1%

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: 143,100 587,000
Reserve personnel: 70,000 200,000
Available for military: 25,614,135 23,619,215

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

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Tanks: 18 2,842
Armoured fighting vehicles: 567 3,555
Total artillery: 325 4,873
Self-propelled artillery: 0 1,030
Rocket artillery: 0 1,755

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: 229 973
Fighter aircraft: 12 112
Multirole aircraft: 0 75
Attack aircraft: 13 23
Helicopters: 111 519
UCAV (combat drone): 0 83

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: 196 272
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 2 6
Corvettes: 3 3
Submarines: 0 19

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

Philippines

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Iran

Does not have nuclear weapons.

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).

Iran

18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; 17 years of age for Law Enforcement Forces; 15 years of age for Basij Forces (Popular Mobilization Army); conscript military service obligation is 18 months; women exempt from military service.