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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 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (North Atlantic Alliance) is an intergovernmental military alliance which was signed in Washington on 4 April 1949. NATO is a system of collective security: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by others countries. NATO's main headquarters are located in Brussels. The following twelve states signed the treaty and became the founding members: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom and United States. The following states joined the treaty after 1949: Greece, Germany, Turkey and Spain. Members who joined after the dissolution of the Soviet Union: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia.

Before and during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, several NATO countries sent army to reinforce the alliance's eastern flank. Alliance had deployed 40,000 troops along its 2,500 kilometres long Eastern flank to deter possible Russian aggression. On 5 July the North Atlantic Alliance members signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland and formally approved the decisions of the NATO summit.

Finland joined the alliance on 4 April 2023.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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5 billion $
1338.7 billion $

Percent of GDP

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1 %
0 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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143,100
3,298,939

Reserve personnel

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70,000
2,728,032

Available for military

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25,614,135
211,574,462

Land Forces

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Tanks

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18
12,541
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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607
86,437
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Total artillery

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296
12,731
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Self-propelled artillery

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12
4,605
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Rocket artillery

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0
1,898

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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239
21,098
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Fighter

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0
863
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Multirole

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11
3,876
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Attack

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13
642
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Helicopters

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126
7,890
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UCAV (combat drone)

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0
964

Navy

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Total naval

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199
2,394
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Aircraft carriers

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0
30
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Destroyers

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0
122
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Frigates

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3
120
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Corvettes

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5
64
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Submarines

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0
148

Nuclear weapons

Philippines

Does not have nuclear weapons.

NATO

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).

NATO

Data not available