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Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe with an area of 238,391 km2 (land boundries: 2,844 km and costline 225 km). The capital of Romania is Bucharest. The number of inhabitants is 19,317,984.

Romania became a member of NATO in 2004. Romania conducts its own air policing mission, but because of Russian aggression in the Black Sea region, NATO allies have sent detachments of fighters to augment the Romanian Air Force since 2014. Romania hosts a NATO multinational divisional and a brigade-sized headquarters. The inventory of the Romanian Armed Forces is comprised mostly of Soviet-era and older domestically-produced weapons systems.

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Iran is a country located in Middle East with an area of 1,648,195 km2 (land boundries: 5,894 km and costline 2,440 km - note: Iran also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km)). The capital of Iran is Tehran. The number of inhabitants is 83,183,741.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was formed in May 1979. The IRGC was a highly institutionalized and parallel military force to Iran’s regular armed forces. The Iranian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and mostly older foreign equipment largely of Chinese, Russian, Soviet, and US origin. Iran has a defense industry with the capacity to develop, produce, support, and sustain air, land, missile, and naval weapons programs.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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8.7 billion $
10 billion $

Percent of GDP

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2.5 %
2.1 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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68,500
587,000

Reserve personnel

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53,000
200,000

Available for military

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5,601,234
23,619,215

Land Forces

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Tanks

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440
2,842
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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1,352
3,555
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Total artillery

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1,355
4,873
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Self-propelled artillery

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53
1,030
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Rocket artillery

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207
1,755

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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165
973
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Fighter

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23
112
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Multirole

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14
75
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Attack

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0
23
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Helicopters

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69
519
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UCAV (combat drone)

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0
83

Navy

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Total naval

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55
272
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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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3
6
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Corvettes

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7
3
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Submarines

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1
19

Nuclear weapons

Romania

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Iran

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Romania

18 years of age for male and female voluntary service; conscription ended 2006; all military inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of service, with subsequent successive 3-year terms until age 36.

Iran

18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; 17 years of age for Law Enforcement Forces; 15 years of age for Basij Forces (Popular Mobilization Army); conscript military service obligation is 18 months; women exempt from military service.