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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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An artificial alliance showing what NATO would look like without the United States of America which accounting for three quarters of North Atlantic Alliance defence spending. The supported countries included in this alliance: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, Greece, Germany, Turkey, Spain, Hungary, Poland and Romania.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 31.37 billion $ 338.41 billion $
Percent of GDP: 4.2% 0%

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: 150,000 1,760,589
Reserve personnel: 240,000 1,048,632
Available for military: 10,500,000 132,478,132

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

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Tanks: 577 7,274
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,342 43,452
Total artillery: 775 7,933
Self-propelled artillery: 601 2,764
Rocket artillery: 174 1,057

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: 461 8,016
Fighter aircraft: 23 643
Multirole aircraft: 48 1,114
Attack aircraft: 18 162
Helicopters: 212 3,525
UCAV (combat drone): 6 222

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: 66 1,286
Aircraftcarriers: 0 8
Destroyers: 0 25
Frigates: 2 113
Corvettes: 2 30
Submarines: 1 75

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.

NATO without USA

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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.

NATO without USA

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