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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 Nordic Defence Cooperation (Nordefco) is a collaboration among the Nordic countries in the area of defense. Its five members are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The organization was established on November 4, 2009 in Helsinki. The leadership of the organization is rotational.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 40 billion $ 26 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 70,850
Reserve personnel: 150,000 941,300
Available for military: 10,500,000 4,299,331

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

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Tanks: 601 412
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,417 4,644
Total artillery: 773 1,133
Self-propelled artillery: 585 180
Rocket artillery: 188 71

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: 481 469
Fighter aircraft: 13 0
Multirole aircraft: 60 174
Attack aircraft: 18 0
Helicopters: 212 118
UCAV (combat drone): 24 0

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: 66 397
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 2 4
Corvettes: 2 15
Submarines: 1 11

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.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

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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.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

Data not available