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Qatar vs North Korea

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Qatar is a country located in Middle East with an area of 11,586 km² (land boundries: 87 km and costline 563 km). The capital of Qatar is Doha. The number of inhabitants is 2,795,484.

The Qatari military's inventory includes a broad mix of older and modern weapons systems, mostly from the United States and Europe. In the 2010s, Qatar embarked on an extensive military expansion and modernization program with large air, ground, and naval equipment purchases.

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North Korea is a country located in Eastern Asia with an area of 120,540 km² (land boundries: 1,607 km and costline 2,495 km). The capital of North Korea is Pyongyang. The number of inhabitants is 25,549,604.

The KPA is equipped with older weapon systems originally acquired from the former Soviet Union, Russia, and China, as well as some domestically-produced equipment. The North Korea produces a diverse array of military hardware like light armored vehicles, tanks, naval vessels and submarines, and advanced weapons systems, such as ballistic missiles. North Korea developing also nuclear weapons.

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Military expenditures

Military budget

6 billion $

2 billion $

Percent of GDP

3.6 %

5 %

Manpower

Active personnel

66,550

1,320,000

Reserve personnel

15,000

600,000

Available for military

389,487

6,515,279

Land Forces

Tanks

138

5,144

Armoured fighting vehicles

922

4,000

Total artillery

62

13,000

Self-propelled artillery

46

4,000

Rocket artillery

16

4,000

Air Forces

Total aircraft

205

965

Fighter

0

349

Multirole

46

35

Attack

6

192

Helicopters

87

205

UCAV (combat drone)

6

0

Navy

Total naval

92

723

Aircraft carriers

0

Destroyers

0

Frigates

0

2

Corvettes

3

9

Submarines

0

98

Nuclear weapons

Qatar

Does not have nuclear weapons.

North Korea

Although at the beginning North Korea joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, they withdrew from it on January 2003. It was a consequence of the United States accusation. The USA government claimed that North Korea was unofficially funding a program of uranium enrichment. Because of that, they cancelled the 1994 Agreed Framework treaty and cut off the energy assistance. Two years after withdrawing, the officials from North Korea claimed that they own operational nuclear arsenal. In spite of North Koreans assurances, the United States did not believe that North Korea really posses such weapons. As a result, the government of North Korea decided to conduct tests.

There were three tests that North Korea initially conducted. The first one, with the yield of less than a kiloton, took place in 2006. However, to show that this was in fact a nuclear detonation, North Koreans conducted second and third tests, respectable in 2009 and 2013. The maximum power of the blast of the aforementioned tests can be estimated to be up to 40 kilotons. However, a lot of sources claim that yield did not surpass 10-15 kilotons. Noteworthy is also the fact that in 2016, North Korea announced that they have conducted their first hydrogen-bomb test.

Military service

Qatar

Conscription for males aged 18-35; 4-month general obligation, 3 months for graduates.

North Korea

18 is presumed to be the legal minimum age for compulsory military service; 16-17 is the presumed legal minimum age for voluntary service.