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Poland is a country located in Central Europe with an area of 312,679 km2 (land boundries: 2,865 km and costline 440 km). The capital of Poland is Warsaw. The number of inhabitants is 38,268,000.

Poland joined NATO in 1999 and hosts US-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup since 2007. The inventory of the Polish Armed Forces consists of a mix of Soviet-era and more modern Western weapons systems. Poland announced in March 2022 plans to increase the size of its armed forces to 300,000 personnel and to allocate at least 3% of GDP to defense. Modernization plan would include such items as 5th generation combat aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, rocket artillery, helicopters, submarines and frigates.

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The China-DPRK Treaty on Friendship is a treaty signed on 11 July 1961 between North Korea and China. The treaty obligates China militarily to defend North Korea and vice versa.North Korea enjoys a close relationship with China which is often called North Korea's closest ally. The relations were strained in the last few years because of China's concerns about North Korea's nuclear program. Both countries have nuclear weapons.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 40 billion $ 410 billion $
Percent of GDP: 4.7% 0%

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: 200,000 3,355,000
Reserve personnel: 150,000 2,600,000
Available for military: 10,500,000 392,336,380

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

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Tanks: 601 11,750
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,417 18,130
Total artillery: 773 20,094
Self-propelled artillery: 585 7,220
Rocket artillery: 188 7,140

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: 481 5,590
Fighter aircraft: 13 1,398
Multirole aircraft: 60 1,165
Attack aircraft: 18 308
Helicopters: 212 1,557
UCAV (combat drone): 24 151

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: 66 1,709
Aircraftcarriers: 0 4
Destroyers: 0 38
Frigates: 2 56
Corvettes: 2 81
Submarines: 1 146

Total naval

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

Poland

Does not have nuclear weapons.

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Military service

Poland

18-28 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription phased out in 2009-12; service obligation shortened from 12 to 9 months in 2005; women only allowed to serve as officers and noncommissioned officers.

China and North Korea

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