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Philippines vs United Arab Emirates

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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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United Arab Emirates is a country located in Middle East with an area of 83,600 km2 (land boundries: 1,066 km and costline 1,318 km). The capital of United Arab Emirates is Abu Dhabi. The number of inhabitants is 9,890,400.

the UAE hosts a multi-service French military base. The UAE has a defense cooperation agreement with the United States and hosted about 3,500 US troops. UAE invaded Yemen as part of the Saudi-led coalition and withdrew its main military force in 2019. the UAE Armed Forces inventory is comprised of wide variety of mostly modern imported equipment. The Emirates has acquired military equipment from more than 20 countries. USA is the leading supplier.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 4.4 billion $ 22.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.2% 5.6%

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: 143,100 65,000
Reserve personnel: 70,000 130,000
Available for military: 25,614,135 3,240,000

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

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Tanks: 18 354
Armoured fighting vehicles: 567 8,980
Total artillery: 325 398
Self-propelled artillery: 0 183
Rocket artillery: 0 139

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: 229 510
Fighter aircraft: 12 0
Multirole aircraft: 0 137
Attack aircraft: 13 0
Helicopters: 111 215
UCAV (combat drone): 0 0

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: 196 79
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 2 0
Corvettes: 3 9
Submarines: 0 0

Total naval

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

Philippines

Does not have nuclear weapons.

United Arab Emirates

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).

United Arab Emirates

18-30 years of age for compulsory military service for men, optional service for women; 17 years of age for male volunteers with parental approval; 2-year general obligation, 9 months for secondary school graduates; women may train for 9 months regardless of education.