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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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Venezuela is a country located in Northern South America with an area of 916,445 km2 (land boundries: 5,267 km and costline 2,800 km). The capital of Venezuela is Caracas. The number of inhabitants is 28,887,118.

The FANB inventory is mainly of Chinese and Russian origin with a smaller mix of equipment from Western countries. Russia is the top supplier of military hardware to Venezuela

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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40 billion $
0.7 billion $

Percent of GDP

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4.7 %
0.35 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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200,000
330,000

Reserve personnel

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150,000
8,000

Available for military

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10,500,000
8,000,000

Land Forces

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Tanks

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700
312
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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2,333
1,000
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Total artillery

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970
200
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Self-propelled artillery

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686
60
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Rocket artillery

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284
36

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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481
263
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Fighter

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13
6
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Multirole

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60
42
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Attack

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18
0
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Helicopters

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212
81
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UCAV (combat drone)

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24
0

Navy

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Total naval

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66
46
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Aircraft carriers

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0
0
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Destroyers

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0
0
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Frigates

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2
2
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Corvettes

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2
3
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Submarines

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1
2

Nuclear weapons

Poland

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Venezuela

Does not have nuclear weapons.

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.

Venezuela

All citizens of military service age (18-60 years old) are obligated to register for military service, though mandatory recruitment is forbidden; the minimum service obligation is 12 months.