Military power of Romania & North Korea
Romania vs North Korea
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.
More about Romania militaryNorth 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
RO | KP | |
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Military budget: | 8.7 billion $ | 2 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 2.5% | 5% |
Manpower
RO | KP | |
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Active personnel: | 68,500 | 1,320,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 53,000 | 600,000 |
Available for military: | 5,601,234 | 6,515,279 |
Land Forces
RO | KP | ||
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Tanks: | 440 | 6,000 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,352 | 4,000 | |
Total artillery: | 1,355 | 13,000 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 53 | 4,500 | |
Rocket artillery: | 207 | 4,000 |
Air Forces
RO | KP | ||
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Total aircraft: | 165 | 960 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 23 | 349 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 14 | 35 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 188 | |
Helicopters: | 69 | 202 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 0 |
Navy
RO | KP | ||
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Total naval: | 55 | 967 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 3 | 2 | |
Corvettes: | 7 | 8 | |
Submarines: | 1 | 72 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Romania
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
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.
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.